Hyphens in prefixes and suffixes

Choose the correcly punctuated sentence.

• It was a fast-paced plot with lots of intrigue and action.
• It was a fast paced plot with lots of intrigue and action.
• The plot was fast-paced with lots of intrigue and action.

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What is the red punctuation doing in this sentence?

Someone put googly eyes all over the place in here, and—if I'm being honest— I'm a little creeped out.

• They're hyphens! They're combining two words.

• They're dashes! They're separating sentence elements.

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Non-essential elements can be set off by all of the following EXCEPT:

• Hyphens

• Dashes

• Brackets

• Parentheses

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Which definition is correct?

• A dash makes a two-word adjective.

• A dash is a break in a sentence.

• A hyphen is for unnecessary info.

• A hyphen is a break in a sentence.

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Learning Goal:

To be able to understand how hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity.

To be to use hyphens where necessary to make words and writing clear.

• I have read my learning goals for today.

• I have read and understood my learning goals for today.

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This requires a three fifths majority.

• This requires a three-fifths majority.

• This requires a three fifths majority.

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Carefully choose the correct hyphenated word.

The dog friendly event was held at the local park.

• held-at

• local-park

• dog-friendly

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Where would you add hyphen(s) in the sentence?
Fifty five people are going on the field trip.  

• Fifty-five
• five-people
• field-trip
• No Correction 

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Nessie—a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found, supposedly comes out only during the winter.

• —a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found—

• ,a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found-

• -A sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found.

• No change

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Choose the words that needs to be hyphenated:

Angelina will bring along her nine year old sister for the trip.

• year-old

• nine - year - old

• nine -year

• nine - year- old - sister

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