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*GRAMMAR 13.8 PRACTICE (due date: Tuesday, February 8)

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NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR SCORE?

REDO CODE: USKT8R

PART 1 of 2

DIRECTIONS:
1. In SIX of the sentences, insert a hyphen where needed. (6 points)
*You may only add EXACTLY one hyphen.
*Copy and paste the entire sentence into the box and then add the hyphen while removing a space.
*Make sure to include the end mark in your answer.

2. In FIVE of the sentences, remove a hyphen where needed. (5 points)
*You may only remove EXACTLY one hyphen.
*Copy and paste the entire sentence into the box and then remove the hyphen while adding a space.
*Make sure to include the end mark in your answer.

3. FOUR of the sentences are correct. For those sentences, write none in the box. (4 points)
Question 1
1.

Ashok finished in twenty-first place out of ninety-seven runners.

Question 2
2.

When Torrie found out she had made the all conference team, she was ecstatic.

Question 3
3.

Babies are certainly tiny when they’re three-weeks.

Question 4
4.

Oscar Robertson is one of basketball’s all time greats.

Question 5
5.

Use one-fourth teaspoon of cinnamon in this recipe.

Question 6
6.

The evening sky was an unbelievable shade of dark-blue.

Question 7
7.

Our ex-babysitter’s photograph was in the paper because she won an award.

Question 8
8.

Of all the teachers in our school, Ms. Sanchez is probably the most-popular.

Question 9
9.

The horse had to run the race with a sixteen pound weight on his saddle.

Question 10
10.

The concerto was well performed.

Question 11
11.

Sean’s self confidence rose when he won second prize in the art show.

Question 12
12.

The teacher said she could tell our report was thoroughly-researched.

Question 13
13.

Excuse me, but are these tulips the late blooming variety?

Question 14
14.

The members of the anti injustice group were meeting in the auditorium.

Question 15
15.

The recipe called for three-quarters of a pound of butter or margarine.

PART 2 of 2

DIRECTIONS:
1. Rewrite each word with a hyphen to indicate where it would be divided if it were at the end of a
line. (10 points)
*You may only add EXACTLY one hyphen.
Question 16
16.

lassos

Question 17
17.

cookies

Question 18
18.

circus

Question 19
19.

curtain

Question 20
20.

goldfish

Question 21
21.

boxes

Question 22
22.

tarnish

Question 23
23.

insect

Question 24
24.

yellow

Question 25
25.

carton