Adjectives and Nouns
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
I ran out of my toptier tooth-paste.
I ran out of my top-tier toothpaste.
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
I had to repress my dress after it wrinkled.
I had to re-press my dress after it wrinkled.
True or false: you hyphenate numbers that are spelled out between twenty and one hundred.
FALSE! You hyphenate numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine.
What prefixes do you add hyphens to after?
"self-" "all-" and "ex-"
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
What time do you want to get together to set up for the get together?
What time do you want to get together to set up for the get-together?
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
My cat is semiindependent; it can be by itself for awhile.
My cat is semi-independent; it can be by itself for awhile.
Add a hyphen to the following sentence:
My mother is turning forty five this year.
My mother is turning forty-five this year.
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
All of Alexis' friends are new to the school.
Correct as is!
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
Nancy thinks that extremely athletic cats can do backflips.
No correction needed!
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
I had to replace the batteries in my alarm clock.
Correct as is!
Correctly hyphenate this sentence:
If you give me two-quarters, I can buy some chips.
If you give me two quarters, I can buy some chips.
Is this sentence correctly punctuated AND capitalized?
Did this yogurt expire in mid january?
Did this yogurt expire in mid-January?
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
Dominic was impressed by the high-quality of the wax sculptures at the art show.
Dominic was impressed by the high quality of the wax sculptures at the art show.
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
After missing too many free throws, Louis asked for a doover.
After missing too many free throws, Louis asked for a do-over.
Correctly hyphenate the follwing sentence:
We are already three-fourths of the way through the year!
No change needed!
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
Bella demonstrated excellent self control by not eating their brother's cupcake.
Bella demonstrated excellent self-control by not eating their brother's cupcake.
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
The well known actor missed his check in his exwife.
The well-known actor missed his check-in his ex-wife.
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence:
Juan was unable to resign his lease because he had just resigned from his job.
Juan was unable to re-sign his lease because he had just resigned from his job.
Francesco estimates that he has completed seven twenty fifths of his summer reading.
Francesco estimates that he has completed seven twenty-fifths of his summer reading.
Where does the hyphen go?
The all new designs have been spotted all around the neighborhood.
The all-new designs have been spotted all around the neighborhood.