

This Grade 5 worksheet helps students revise and apply both hyphen and dash rules in sentences. It focuses on forming compound number adjectives (like “five-day trip”) and using dashes (—) to add extra information or connect ideas clearly.
Understanding the difference between hyphens and dashes is essential for correct sentence structure.
For Grade 5 learners, this topic is important because:
1. It teaches how to form compound adjectives using hyphens.
2. It helps connect ideas clearly using dashes.
3. It improves sentence clarity and punctuation accuracy.
4. It builds strong editing and writing skills.
This worksheet includes five engaging grammar exercises designed to strengthen punctuation and sentence structure skills:
Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students choose the correct sentence using hyphen and dash properly.
Exercise 2 – True or False
Students identify correct and incorrect usage.
Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
Students use hyphenated words and dashes to complete sentences.
Exercise 4 – Sentence Rewriting
Students rewrite sentences using correct hyphenation and punctuation.
Exercise 5 – Paragraph Completion
Students complete a paragraph using hyphenated words and dashes.
Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. c
5. b
6. a
7. b
8. b
9. b
10. b
Exercise 2 – True or False
1.True
2.False
3.True
4.True
5.False
6.True
7.False
8.False
9.False
10.False
Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
1. five-day —
2. two-year-old —
3. three-storey —
4. twenty-rupee —
5. interesting —
6. six-foot —
7. five-day —
8. school bag —
9. costly —
10. expensive —
Exercise 4 – Rewritten Sentences
1. The boy had a five-day plan — it was ready.
2. The child carried a twenty-rupee coin — it was shiny.
3. The girl saw a two-year-old rabbit — it jumped.
4. The man climbed a three-storey house — it was old.
5. The boy met a ten-year-old friend — he smiled.
6. The girl built a six-foot fence — it looked neat.
7. The woman adopted a four-year-old dog — it barked.
8. The boy finished a one-hundred-page book — it was long.
9. The girl bought a thirty-rupee toy — it broke.
10. The man planned a seven-day tour — it was fun.
Exercise 5 – Paragraph Completion
1. sea-facing —
2. travel —
3. experienced —
4. healthy —
5. five-day —
6. —
7. memorable —
Help your child confidently apply hyphen and dash rules in real writing situations and improve sentence clarity.
A hyphen joins words together like in well-known, while a dash separates or adds extra information in a sentence.
Both look similar, but they have different uses, so students may mix them up without clear examples.
Students can practice by identifying when to join words with hyphens and when to use dashes to add extra or sudden information.