Grammar Detective: Hyphens (1)
Authored by Janet Christenson
English
11th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
Thirty-five employees were honored at the company's annual awards banquet
Thirty five employees were honored at the company's annual-awards banquet
Thirty five employees were honored at the company's annual awards banquet.
Answer explanation
Use a hyphen between each word in numbers between 21 and 99. For example, "twenty-one" and "ninety-nine"
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
CCSS.L.11-12.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
The fifty-year-old company has begun an ongoing-review of its plant's equipment needs
The fifty-year-old company has begun an ongoing review of its plant's equipment needs
The fifty year old company has begun an ongoing review of its plant's equipment needs
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CCSS.L.11-12.2A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
My self-sufficient daughter wanted to stir her own chocolate-milk
My selfsufficient daughter wanted to stir her own chocolate-milk
My self-sufficient daughter wanted to stir her own chocolate milk
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
CCSS.L.11-12.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
After Joe retired, there was an opening for editor in chief of the magazine
After Joe retired, there was an opening for editor in-chief of the magazine
After Joe retired, there was an opening for editor-in-chief of the magazine
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
We discovered a pre-Columbian relic in Mexico
We discovered a preColumbian relic in Mexico
We discovered a pre-Columbian-relic in Mexico
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
CCSS.L.11-12.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
The father to-be paced nervously in the hospital's waiting room
The father-to-be paced nervously in the hospital's waiting room
The father to be paced nervously in the hospital's waiting room
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
CCSS.L.11-12.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
He always had trouble with his car's hard to open radiator cap
He always had trouble with his car's hard-to-open radiator cap
He always had trouble with his car's hard-to-open radiator-cap
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
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