Which one is correct?
Hyphen Test

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English
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10th Grade
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Hard
Ismail Sunni Mohammed
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Use a hyphen when you improvise compound words.
Don't use a hyphen when you improvise compound words.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one is correct?
My brother-in law is hilarious.
My brother-in-law is hilarious.
My brother in-law is hilarious.
My brother in law is hilarious.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one is correct?
(Use the hyphen to separate a
prefix from a proper noun.)
(Don't use the hyphen to separate a
prefix from a proper noun.)
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one is incorrect?
anti-French
pro-Israeli
ultra-Communist
un-president
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one is incorrect?
Use a hyphen to unify most compounds having brother, father, mother, sister, etc. as the first
element.
Don't use a hyphen to unify most compounds having brother, father, mother, sister, etc. as the first
element.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one is incorrect?
brother-workers
mother tongue
father-in-law
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one is incorrect?
Use a hyphen between a numbered figure and its unit of measurement, or for clarity in
compound modifiers.
Use a hyphen in fractions if they are written out, but don't omit the hyphen if one already appears in either the numerator or the denominator.
Use a hyphen between the parts of compound numerals from twenty-one to ninety-nine.
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