Hyphens and ellipses

Grade 6 Reading Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Ari checks the hyphens in four sentences. Which sentence uses hyphens correctly?

   • The team ran a five mile race on Saturday.
   • The museum sells a four-pages guide to each new visitor.
   • The librarian chose a two-page poem for the assembly.
   • A brightly-lit room held the art show.
2. 2.

   Bo checks the hyphens in four sentences. Which sentence uses hyphens correctly?

   • The scouts followed a well known trail home.
   • The coach planned a three-weeks camp for early July.
   • The class built a fast-moving cart for the contest.
   • A freshly-painted fence surrounded the garden.
3. 3.

   Esme checks the hyphens in four sentences. Which sentence uses hyphens correctly?

   • Tala baked a six-layer cake for the fair.
   • The sauce had sun dried tomatoes.
   • The fair has a ten-minutes cooking contest.
   • The baker used a carefully-measured amount of sugar.
4. 4.

   Jun checks the hyphens in four sentences. Which sentence uses hyphens correctly?

   • A twelve-year-old camper won the kite contest.
   • The wind lifted a brightly-colored kite.
   • Pia held a long handled spool of string.
   • The park hosts a two-days festival each spring.
5. 5.

   Our town's old library from the 1890s has tall windows and a quiet reading room. Kira quotes the sentence below but leaves out the words “from the 1890s”. Which quote shows the omission correctly?

   • Our town's old library .. has tall windows and a quiet reading room.
   • Our town's old library ... has tall windows and a quiet reading room.
   • Our town's old library has tall windows and a quiet reading room.
   • Our town's old library ... has a quiet reading room.
6. 6.

   The school bus leaves at seven each morning and returns at four. Luz quotes the sentence below but leaves out the words “leaves at seven each morning and”. Which quote shows the omission correctly?

   • The school bus ... at four.
   • The school bus returns at four.
   • The school bus ... returns at four.
   • The school bus leaves at seven each morning and ... returns at four.
7. 7.

   The new reading room opens in May and offers free books to each student. Noah quotes the sentence below but leaves out the words “opens in May and”. Which quote shows the omission correctly?

   • The new reading room ... offers free books to each student.
   • The new reading room opens in May and ... offers free books to each student.
   • The new reading room .. offers free books to each student.
   • The new reading room offers free books to each student.
8. 8.

   Ren said, “I left the map in my bag... never mind.” Pia reads the sentence below. What do the three dots show?

   • A loud, excited voice.
   • A pause before the speaker changes the thought.
   • Words that were left out of someone's quotation.
   • A question being asked.
9. 9.

   Zee wrote, “If we leave now, we might still catch the bus...” Tala reads the sentence below. What do the three dots show?

   • A thought that trails off with no ending.
   • A question being asked.
   • An angry voice.
   • Words that were left out of a longer quotation.
10. 10.

    Many birds from the north fly south each fall. Quote: The book states, “Many birds ... fly south each fall.” Zee reads the sentence below. What do the three dots show?

    • A pause while the writer stops to think.
    • An excited voice.
    • A question that the writer is asking the reader.
    • Words left out of a sentence from the book.