Grammar Parenthesis and Dashes Practice

My head was pounding, so I took some fast acting medicine.

• fast-acting
• fast-acting-medicine
• acting-medicine
• Correct as is

Jim waved at his soon to be ex girlfriend.

• ex-girlfriend
• soon-to-be ex-girlfriend
• soon-to-be
• Correct as is

The books that belong to the students...

• The student's book's
• The students' books'
• The students' books
• The students books

What is used to show a sudden break in a sentence, to emphasize a word or clause, and to show that someone's speech is being interrupted?

• hyphen

• dash

• quotation mark

• a breath

What is used around words that are included in a sentence to add information or to help make an idea clearer?

• parentheses

• quotation marks

• hypehn

• dash

In the following sentence, where does a hyphen need added: Yesterday, my cousin turned twenty five.

• Yester-day

• my-cousin

• twenty-five

• turn-ed

Hyphenate the following word as it would be at the end of a line: doesn't

• does-n't

• doesn't

• do-esn't

• None of the above

A(n) _____ is used to signal an interruption in dialogue AND used to emphasize breaks  in thought & shifts in tone.

• comma
• dash
• ellipsis
• semicolon

Which sentence uses DASHES correctly to explain a thought?

• If you need something — call my assistant—Catherine, not Margaret—and she’ll help you.
• If you need something, call my assistant—Catherine, not Margaret—and she’ll help you.
• If you need something, call my assistant Catherine — not Margaret and she’ll help you.
• If you need something, call my assistant Catherine —

Which sentence is punctuated correctly

• My family is getting a new dog from the shelter (we are going to name him Barney.

• My family is getting a new dog from (the shelter we are going to name him Barney.

• My family is getting a new (dog from the shelter we are going to name him Barney.

• My family is getting a new dog from the shelter (we are )going to name him Barney.