Ways to use Hyphens 1

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

There are nearly four hundred and eighty-seven children in our school!

• Compound adjective

• After a prefix

• For a number

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

The vicious-looking dog was kept on a very short lead

• Compound adjective

• After a prefix

• To show a number

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

The film 'Jaws' is all about a man-eating shark

• Compound adjective

• After a prefix

• To show a number

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

I had to re-write my homework because my dog chewed it up!

• Compound adjective

• After a prefix

• To show a number

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

My dog's fur is red-brown and curly

• Compound adjective

• After a prefix

• To show a number

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

We have both fiction and non-fiction books in our library

• Compound adjective

• After a prefix

• To show a number

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

Forty-seven children have completed the challenge so far

• Compound adjective

• After prefix

• To show a number

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

For a heart-stopping moment, we thought the climber would fall

• Compound adjective

• After a prefix

• To show a number

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

I've got a four-year-old brother and a six-year-old sister

• Compound adjective

• After a prefix

• To show a number

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?

The blond-haired man won the Great Sled Race.

• Compound adjective

• After a prefix

• To show a number