Hyphens and Dashes

Which words in this sentence need to be hyphenated:

My ready to eat noodles taste so delicious.

• ready-to-eat

• My-ready

• taste-so-delicious

• to-eat-noodles

Which words in this sentence should be hyphenated:

His great grandfather was a world class soldier in the Army.

• His-great-grandfather

• world-class-soldier

• was-a-world-class-soldier

• great-grandfather; world-class

Which words need to be hyphenated:

"I can't wait for the end of the year activities!" shouted Kyra.

• can't-wait

• wait-for-the-end

• end-of-the-year

• end-of-the-year-activities

Answer explanation

"end-of-the-year" come together to describe what kind of activities...or at least when it will happen.

Which words should be hyphenated:

The never seen before creature was just discovered.

• never-seen-before

• before-creature

• was-just-discovered

• just-discovered

Which words should be hyphenated:

Smoking has long term effects such as lung cancer and emphysema.

• has-long-term-effects

• long-term

• lung-cancer

• lung-cancer-and-emphysema

What words in this sentence should be hyphenated:

The first place contestant got a well deserved prize for winning.

• first-place-contestant

• well-deserved-prize

• first-place; well-deserved

• prize-for-winning

A talented pastry chef asked Abe to become _______ of her bakery.

• co owner

• coowner

• co-owner

Unless he thinks he has a chance of winning, Peter will not __________ the marathon.

• reenter

• re-enter

• re enter

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

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

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

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