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Ways to use Hyphens 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


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

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After a prefix

c)

For a number

2.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


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

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After a prefix

c)

To show a number

3.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


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

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After a prefix

c)

To show a number

4.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


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

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After a prefix

c)

To show a number

5.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


My dog's fur is red-brown and curly

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After a prefix

c)

To show a number

6.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


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

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After a prefix

c)

To show a number

7.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


Forty-seven children have completed the challenge so far

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After prefix

c)

To show a number

8.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


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

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After a prefix

c)

To show a number

9.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


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

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After a prefix

c)

To show a number

10.

How is the hyphen used in this sentence?


The blond-haired man won the Great Sled Race.

a)

Compound adjective

b)

After a prefix

c)

To show a number