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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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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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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His delightfully written essay was filled with made up words.

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

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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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How should the red portion of this sentence be punctuated?

A twelve year old boy was caught pulling the fire alarm.

• twelve year old

• twelve-year-old

• twelve-year, old

• twelve year-old

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

• fast-acting

• fast-acting-medicine

• acting-medicine

• NO CHANGE

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Which answer shows the best way to fix the word in red?
Aneeka is always well dressed. 

• No change
• welldressed
• well-dressed

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How should the error in the sentence below be corrected?
I'm ninety nine percent sure Lathan is going to do well on the quiz. 

• ninety nine should be ninety-nine
• going to should be going-to

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Where would you add hyphen(s) in the sentence?
My brother in law is not a good person. 

• brother-in-law
• good-person
• in-law
• No Correction 

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