Hyphens in prefixes and suffixes

10.At least _________ of the class will go to the party.

• two third

• two thirds

• two-thirds

• two-third

There are _____ students in this room.

• 20 30

• 20-30

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

Which sentence does use the correct hyphen?

• My three-year-old ate all the chocolate.

• My twenty-year-old friend love to read novels.

Which of the following options uses proper punctuation?

• The blond-haired boy loved the beach--until he was stung by a jellyfish.
• The blond--haired boy loved the beach until he was stung by a jelly-fish.
• The blond haired boy loved the beach--until he was stung--by a jellyfish.
• The blond-haired boy loved the beach--until--he was stung by a jellyfish.

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• fivety-eight

• fifty-eiht

• fifty-eight

My ______ said he rode like an expert.

• half:sister Tina
• half sister-Tina
• half sister:Tina
• half-sister Tina

We worked _________________ shifts.

• twenty four-hours

• twenty-four hour

• twenty-four-hour

Insert a hyphen in the following sentence: The heart pounding ending left me breathless.

• The heart-pounding ending left me breathless.

• The heart pounding-ending left me breathless.

• The heart-pounding-ending left me breathless.

• The heart pounding ending left me breath-less.

Which words in the following sentence should be hyphenated?

Two thirds of respondents agree that not standing for the pledge is un American.

• Two-thirds

• Two-thirds, un-American

• not-standing, un-American

• un-American