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Dash

Dash

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Newburyport a small town in Massachusetts is the place she calls home.

Newburyport- a small town in Massachusetts- is the place she calls home.

Newburyport — small town in Massachusetts — is the place she calls home.

Newburyport —a small town in Massachusetts is the place she calls home.

Newburyport a small town in Massachusetts - is the place she calls home.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"It looks like a real __________ oh no!"

Comma

Dash

Ellipsis

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results

The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything-- was to sit and wait for the results.

The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.

The only thing Felix could do-- if he could do anything-- was to sit and wait for the results

The only thing-- Felix --could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence: 
She has stopped buying 2 liter bottles and has started buying 0.5 liter bottles, instead.

No change necessary.

She has stopped buying 2—liter bottles and has started buying 0.5—liter bottles, instead.

She has stopped buying 2-liter bottles and has started buying 0.5-liter bottles, instead.

She has stopped buying 2 liter bottles and has started buying 0.5 liter bottles - instead.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash?

The length of a hyphen is shorter than the length of a dash.

Hyphens are typically used in compound adjectives, while dashes can be used to indicate an interruption, or a substitute for parentheses.

There are two types of dashes (em and en) but there is only one type of hyphen.

All of the above.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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After which word should an em dash be added in this sentence:
It’s not only our lives on the line it’s the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers.

not

only

line

Allied

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which is the correct way to use the dash in the following sentence: The Beatles (the most famous rock band in history) were from England.

The Beatles, the most famous rock band in history-- were from England.

The Beatles-- the most famous rock band in history-- were from England.

The Beatles - the most famous rock band in history; were from England.

The Beatles-- the most famous rock band-- in history were from England.

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