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Pretest - 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 Patras Restaurant is one of the best-kept-secrets in town.
B)The Patras Restaurant is one of the best kept secrets in town.
C)The Patras Restaurant is one of the best-kept secrets in town.
12
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)Everything at the going-out-of-business sale was liquidated.
B)Everything at the going-out-of-business-sale was liquidated.
C)Everything at the going out of business sale was liquidated.
13
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)The apartment-building underwent a series of last-minute repairs to meet building codes.
B)The apartment building underwent a series of last-minute repairs to meet building codes.
C)The apartment building underwent a series of last-minute repairs to meet building-codes.
14
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)Twenty one unanswered points were scored by our team in the second half.
B)Twenty-one unanswered points were scored by our team in the second-half.
C)Twenty-one unanswered points were scored by our team in the second half.
15
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)Dante Gabriel Rossetti was the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
B)Dante Gabriel Rossetti was the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite-movement.
C)Dante Gabriel Rossetti was the leader of the Pre Raphaelite movement.
16
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)Gordo got his name after winning the local-hamburger-eating contest three years in a row.
B)Gordo got his name after winning the local hamburger-eating contest three years in a row.
C)Gordo got his name after winning the local hamburger eating contest three years in a row.
17
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)Many fast-food-chains are trying to reduce the amount of saturated fat, calories, and cholesterol in their food.
B)Many fast food chains are trying to reduce the amount of saturated-fat, calories, and cholesterol in their food.
C)Many fast-food chains are trying to reduce the amount of saturated fat, calories, and cholesterol in their food.
18
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)The minister's opponent criticized her for supporting expensive-and-ineffective social engineering initiatives.
B)The minister's opponent criticized her for supporting expensive and ineffective social-engineering initiatives.
C)The minister's opponent criticized her for supporting expensive and ineffective social engineering-initiatives.
19
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)The pre-theatre special at Alfredo's Italian Restaurant was three-cheese lasagna.
B)The pretheatre special at Alfredo's Italian Restaurant was three-cheese lasagna.
C)The pretheatre special at Alfredo's Italian Restaurant was three cheese lasagna.
20
Click on the sentence that uses hyphens correctly.
A)Shanika completed the writing-skills section of the placement-test with no difficulty.
B)Shanika completed the writing-skills section of the placement test with no difficulty.
C)Shanika completed the writing skills-section of the placement test with no difficulty.





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