Question 1

Which sentence uses a hyphen correctly to describe a location?

Accepted Answer

The cat is sitting on the rug in the living-room corner.

Answer

The cat is sitting on the rug in the living room-corner.

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The cat is sitting on-the-rug in the corner.

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The cat-is-sitting on the rug.

Question 2

Choose the sentence that correctly uses a hyphenated adjective before a noun and a prepositional phrase.

Accepted Answer

The eight-year-old boy ran through the park.

Answer

The eight-year-old boy ran-through the park.

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The eight year old boy-ran through the park.

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The eight year old boy ran through-the-park.

Question 3

Which sentence follows the rule of using hyphens for ages and contains a prepositional phrase?

Accepted Answer

The five-year-old child slept in the blue bed.

Answer

The five-year-old child-slept in the blue bed.

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The five year old-child slept in-the-blue-bed.

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The five year old child slept-in the blue-bed.

Question 4

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen to show that more than one word is acting as a single adjective before a noun?

Accepted Answer

The five-year-old boy ran through the park.

Answer

The five year old boy ran through the park.

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The boy was five-years-old today.

Answer

The five year-old boy ran through the park.

Question 5

Choose the sentence that correctly uses a hyphenated adjective and contains a prepositional phrase starting with "under".

Accepted Answer

The well-known actor hid under the table.

Answer

The well known-actor hid under the table.

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The well-known actor-hid under the table.

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The well known actor hid under-the-table.

Question 6

Which sentence is written correctly using a hyphenated adjective before a noun and a prepositional phrase starting with "above"?

Accepted Answer

The long-legged spider climbed above the window.

Answer

The long legged spider-climbed above the window.

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The long legged spider climbed above the window.

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The long-legged spider climbed above-the-window.

Question 7

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen for a compound adjective and identifies the prepositional phrase?

Accepted Answer

We went for a mid-day walk in the forest.

Answer

We went-for a mid day walk in the forest.

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We went for a mid day walk in-the-forest.

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We went for a mid-day-walk in the forest.

Question 8

Choose the sentence that correctly uses a hyphen for the compound adjective and shows the prepositional phrase 'behind the fence'.

Accepted Answer

The chocolate-covered treat was hidden behind the fence.

Answer

The chocolate-covered-treat was hidden behind the fence.

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The chocolate covered treat was hidden behind-the-fence.

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The chocolate covered treat was hidden behind the fence.

Question 9

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen for a compound adjective and contains a prepositional phrase starting with "on"?

Accepted Answer

The ice-cold water sat on the table.

Answer

The ice cold water sat on-the-table.

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The ice-cold-water sat on the table.

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The ice cold water sat on the table.

Question 10

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen for a compound adjective and contains a prepositional phrase starting with "near"?

Accepted Answer

The ten-year-old girl stood near the fountain.

Answer

The ten year-old girl stood near the fountain.

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The ten year old girl stood near-the-fountain.

Answer

The ten-year-old-girl stood near the fountain.

Question 11

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen to join describing words and includes a prepositional phrase starting with "at"?

Accepted Answer

The bright-red bird sat at the feeder.

Answer

The bright-red-bird sat at the feeder.

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The bright red-bird sat at the feeder.

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The bright red bird sat at-the-feeder.

Question 12

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen for the compound adjective and includes a prepositional phrase starting with "after"?

Accepted Answer

The soft-furred rabbit hopped away after the rain.

Answer

The soft furred rabbit hopped away after the rain.

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The soft furred rabbit hopped away after-the-rain.

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The soft-furred-rabbit hopped away after the rain.

Question 13

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphenated adjective before a noun and includes a prepositional phrase starting with "across"?

Accepted Answer

The quick-moving cat ran across the street.

Answer

The quick-moving-cat ran across the street.

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The quick moving cat ran across-the-street.

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The quick moving cat ran across the street.

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