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Basic Practice Exercises - Hyphens
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1
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)Thirty-five employees were honoured at the company's annual awards banquet
B)Thirty five employees were honoured at the company's annual-awards banquet
C)Thirty five employees were honoured at the company's annual awards banquet.
2
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)The fifty-year-old company has begun an ongoing-review of its plant's equipment needs.
B)The fifty-year-old company has begun an ongoing review of its plant's equipment needs.
C)The fifty year old company has begun an ongoing review of its plant's equipment needs.
3
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)My self-sufficient daughter wanted to stir her own chocolate milk.
B)My selfsufficient daughter wanted to stir her own chocolate-milk.
C)My self-sufficient daughter wanted to stir her own chocolate-milk.
4
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)After Joe retired, there was an opening for editor-in-chief of the magazine.
B)After Joe retired, there was an opening for editor in-chief of the magazine.
C)After Joe retired, there was an opening for editor in chief of the magazine.
5
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)We discovered a preColumbian relic in Mexico.
B)We discovered a pre-Columbian relic in Mexico.
C)We discovered a pre-Columbian- relic in Mexico.
6
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)The father to-be paced nervously in the hospital's waiting room.
B)The father to be paced nervously in the hospital's waiting room.
C)The father-to-be paced nervously in the hospital's waiting room.
7
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)He always had trouble with his car's hard-to-open radiator cap.
B)He always had trouble with his car's hard-to-open radiator-cap.
C)He always had trouble with his car's hard to open radiator cap.
8
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)Barry likes to eat ice cream coated with a hard shell- topping.
B)Barry likes to eat ice cream coated with a hard-shell- topping.
C)Barry likes to eat ice cream coated with a hard-shell topping.
9
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)Doug is a thirteen-year-old genius.
B)Doug is a thirteen-year old genius.
C)Doug is a thirteen year old genius.
10
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)I'm going to the off Broadway- production of Hamlet.
B)I'm going to the off Broadway production of Hamlet.
C)I'm going to the off-Broadway production of Hamlet.
11
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)The ex-mayor ran for premier of British- Columbia.
B)The ex-mayor ran for premier of British Columbia.
C)The ex mayor ran for premier of British Columbia.
12
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)We don't know how the seven foot couch is going to fit through our small doorway.
B)We don't know how the seven-foot couch is going to fit through our small doorway.
C)We don't know how the seven-foot couch is going to fit through our small-doorway.
13
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)The Wall Street Journal editorial was unapologetically supportive of the president-elect's conservative economic platform.
B)The Wall Street Journal editorial was un-apologetically supportive of the president elect's conservative economic platform.
C)The Wall Street Journal editorial was un- apologetically supportive of the president-elect's conservative economic platform.





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