Hyphens Check

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

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

Tags

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

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

Where do you always hyphenate a word?

• after the 1st 2 letters

• between syllables

• before the last 2 letters

• wherever it looks good

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CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the correct way to hyphenate luggage?

• l-uggage

• lugg-age

• lug-gage

• lugga-ge

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Where would the hyphen belong in uncertain?

• un-certain

• uncert-ain

• uncer-tain

• do not hyhpenate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Which word could you hyphenate

• Paris

• cat

• vacation

• Chicago

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

What would be the correct way to hyphenate medicine in the following sentence? My head was pounding, so I took some medicine.

• medi-cine
• do not hyphenate
• me-dicine
• medici-ne

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A