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Mini Test Dashes For Parenthesis

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Dashes to Add Detail Mini Test

1. Look at the sentences below. Re - write them with the dashes added into the correct
places. 3 mark

• I’d better have passed my test it’s ninety percent of my class grade or I’ll have
to repeat this subject.

• My hair colour went wrong it turned pink!

• She might come to the party I hope so.

2. Tick the statements which are correct and cross the incorrect statements.
4 mark

A dash is used exactly the same as a bracket. 

Two dashes can mark out extra information inserted into a sentence.

We use dashes when we want to emphasise the added information.

We use dashes for non-essential information. 

3. Tick the sentence which correctly uses dashes to add more detail.
1 mark

Her mother - a spy drove her daughter to school.

Her mother - a spy - drove her daughter to school.

Her mother a spy - drove her daughter to school.

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Language Conventions | Dashes to Add Detail


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Dashes to Add Detail Mini Test Answers

1 Look at the sentences below. Re-write them with the dashes added into the correct places. 3 mark

• I’d better have passed my test - it’s ninety percent of my class grade - or I’ll have to repeat this subject..

• My hair colour went wrong - it turned pink!

• She might come to the party – I hope so.

2 Tick the statements which are correct: 4 mark

A dash is used exactly the same as a bracket.

Two dashes can mark out extra information inserted into a sentence.

We use dashes when we want to emphasise the added information.

We use dashes for non-essential information.

3 Tick the sentence which correctly uses dashes to add more detail. 1 mark

Her mother - a spy drove her daughter to school.

Her mother – a spy – drove her daughter to school.

Her mother a spy – drove her daughter to school.

Language Conventions | Dashes to Add Detail


visit twinkl.com

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