Hyphens

My head was pounding, so I took some fast acting medicine.

• fast-acting
• fast-acting-medicine
• acting-medicine
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

My nephew Garrett is eleven years old; his cousin is twenty years older.

• eleven-years-old
• eleven-years
• twenty-years
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

The waiter’s off color remarks did not amuse anyone at the table.

• off-color-remarks
• at-the-table
• off-color
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Jim waved at his soon to be ex girlfriend.

• ex-girlfriend
• soon-to-be ex-girlfriend
• soon-to-be
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

His delightfully written essay was filled with made up words.

• delightfully-written-essay
• delightfully-written
• made-up
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

You need one-third of a cup of sugar for that recipe.

• one third
• of-a-cup
• one-third-of-a-cup
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

The novel The Martian Chronicles has twenty two chapters.

• twenty-two
• twenty-two-chapters
• novel-The Martian Chronicles
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

I need to re-create my science project about solar powered lighting before the state contest.

• recreate
• solar-powered
• solar-powered-lighting
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

The water she was standing in was knee deep and filled with toxic waste.

• knee-deep
• water-she-was-standing-in
• toxic-waste
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

The petulant boy threw a rock at a second story window.

• petulant-boy
• second-story
• second-story-window
• Correct as is

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A