Hyphens Quiz

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

• The television show was about man eating sharks.

• The television show was about man-eating sharks.

• The television-show was about man eating sharks.

Hyphens should not be used when using compound numbers between 21 and 99.

• True

• False

Which of the following sentences are misusing hyphens?

• The books found in the attic are dust-covered.

• The dust-covered books were found in the attic.

• I won a twenty-five dollar gift card at the raffle event.

• At the raffle event I won a twenty five dollar gift-card.

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen?

• My son made the A-list in his kindergarten class this week.

• My son made the A list in his kindergarten class this week.

• My son made the A list in his kinder-garten class this week.

He gave me a ____________ look when I suggested skydiving as our next adventure.

Which of the following phrases should contain a hyphen?

• Pre historic

• Post graduate degree

• Mid December

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

• We ate chocolate filled pastries for desert.

• We ate chocolate-filled pastries for dessert.

• We ate pastries for dessert that were chocolate-filled.

Select the following sentence(s) that correctly use a hyphen.

• Football is an injury-prone sport.

• Football is an injury prone sport.

• Football players are more prone-to-injury.

When should a hyphen be used?

• Within a compound adjective that comes after a noun.

• Within a compound adjective that comes before a noun.

• Both the first and second option are correct.

• None of the above are correct.

Which of the following sentences contains a correctly placed hyphen?

• There are fifty-five students enrolled for the course.

• There are fifty five students enrolled for the course.

• There are fifty five-students enrolled for the course.