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Practice Questions

Choose the correct punctuation:

A. A three-day journey
B. A three—day journey
C. A three–day journey
D. A three:day journey

Compound adjectives describing quantity use a hyphen.

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“His father-in-law arrived.” The hyphen is used for:

A. A compound noun
B. An interruption
C. A range
D. A pause

'Father-in-law' is a fixed compound noun.

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Which mark is used to connect two independent clauses with equal weight?

A. Hyphen
B. En dash
C. Em dash
D. Semicolon

A semicolon connects independent clauses (not an em dash, though em dashes can sometimes follow them).

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Jul 8, 2026

Select the correctly punctuated sentence:

A. The result was—I can’t believe it—an A+.
B. The result was—I can’t believe it—an A+
C. The result was-I can’t believe it-an A+
D. The result was, I can’t believe it, an A+

Em dashes are used for interjections.

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Jul 8, 2026

Select the correctly punctuated sentence:

A. The—three—of them left.
B. The three of them—Ali, Sara, and John—left.
C. The three of them-Ali, Sara, and John-left.
D. The three of them, Ali, Sara, and John left.

Em dashes set off the list of names as an appositive.

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Jul 8, 2026

Which of the following is an incorrect use of a hyphen?

A. Twenty-five
B. Mother-in-law
C. Sad-boy
D. Mid-July

'Sad' is a simple adjective and doesn't need a hyphen to modify 'boy'.

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Which is the correct hyphenated form?

A. Two-thirds
B. Two—thirds
C. Two–thirds
D. Two:thirds

Fractions used as adjectives or nouns often require a hyphen.

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The em dash is used for:

A. Ranges
B. Emphasis
C. Word division
D. Joining two adjectives

Em dashes provide dramatic emphasis.

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Jul 8, 2026

Identify the correct usage:

A. Up-to-date
B. Up–to–date
C. Up—to—date
D. Up:to:date

Compound phrases used as adjectives require hyphens.

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In the sentence “He was born in 1995–1999,” the mark is an:

A. Hyphen
B. Em dash
C. En dash
D. Period

An en dash denotes a range of years.

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Which of the following is correct?

A. Twenty-one
B. Twenty—one
C. Twenty–one
D. Twenty:one

Compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine use a hyphen.

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Which mark should be used for an abrupt interruption?

A. Hyphen
B. En dash
C. Em dash
D. Comma

Em dashes indicate a sharp interruption.

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Jul 8, 2026

“Self-taught” is correctly hyphenated because:

A. It is a compound noun
B. It is a compound adjective
C. It is a range
D. It is a pause

'Self-' is a prefix that traditionally takes a hyphen in compound adjectives.

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Which mark is correct for a ratio?

A. Hyphen
B. En dash
C. Em dash
D. Colon

Colons are used for ratios, not hyphens or dashes.

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Jul 8, 2026

“The blue-eyed girl” – here the hyphen is used for:

A. A compound adjective
B. A sudden break
C. A range
D. A pause

'Blue-eyed' is a compound adjective modifying 'girl'.

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Jul 8, 2026

Which mark is used in the phrase “the London–Paris flight”?

A. Hyphen
B. En dash
C. Em dash
D. Comma

An en dash is used to indicate a connection or distance between two distinct items.

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Jul 8, 2026

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:

A. She is—wait, let me think—coming.
B. She is-wait, let me think-coming.
C. She is—wait, let me think, coming.
D. She is, wait, let me think, coming.

Em dashes are used to set off parenthetical thoughts.

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Jul 8, 2026

'Life-changing' is a compound adjective.

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Jul 8, 2026

The em dash is so called because it is the width of:

A. The letter 'e'
B. The letter 'm'
C. The letter 'n'
D. The letter 'a'

The em dash (—) is approximately the width of the letter 'M'.

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