Dashes and Hyphens

Should the following sentence have a hyphen?

Darby works part time at the movie theater.

• hyphen

• no hyphen

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

How would you change the red portion of the sentence?

The school trip, which is scheduled for September 12th—will involve stopping for lunch at an authentic Himalayan restaurant.

• Keep AS IS

• school trip which is scheduled

• school trip—which is scheduled

• school trip-which is scheduled

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

• Yester-day

• my-cousin

• twenty-five

• turn-ed

What type of punctuation is used to join two words into one, clarify words, and divide words at the end of a line?

• dash

• comma

• ellipses

• hyphen

The heart pounding ending left me breathless.

• The heart-pounding ending left me breathless.

• The heart pounding-ending left me breathless.

• The heart-pounding-ending left me breathless.

• The heart pounding ending left me breath-less.

Which sentence is correct?

• The 1998 Yankees had one aim and one aim only winning.

• the 1998 Yankees had one aim and one aim only...winning

• the 1998 yankees had one aim and one aim only - winning.

• The 1998 Yankees had one aim and one aim only—winning.

Which of the following options uses proper punctuation?

• The blond-haired boy loved the beach--until he was stung by a jellyfish.

• The blond--haired boy loved the beach until he was stung by a jelly-fish.

• The blond haired boy loved the beach--until he was stung--by a jellyfish.

• The blond-haired boy loved the beach--until--he was stung by a jellyfish.

sets off a dramatic interruption or abrupt change in thought

• dash

• hyphen

• parentheses

connects words and numbers

• hyphen

• dash

• parentheses