Pt4 Hyphens sheet 1

1. Use a hyphen in compound numbers from twenty-one through ninety-nine.

Fifty-five minutes twenty-four students

2. Use a hyphen in fractions.

I got a three-fourths majority of the vote.

3. Use a hyphen or hyphens in compound nouns.

Great-grandmother commander-in-chief merry-go-round

4. Use a hyphen for compound adjectives used before a noun.

Joey made last-minute changes to his plan.

5. Use a hyphen if a syllable of a word must be carried over from one line to the next.

Directions: Rewrite the sentence. Add hyphens. Circle what you add.

1. Seventy five percent of the tickets have been sold.
2. In the year 2010, I will be twenty eight years old.
3. It is wise to clip money saving coupons from the newspaper.
4. The coat in the window was beautiful, but it was too expen

sive for my budget.

5. The commander in chief ordered the troops to mobilize.
6. My great uncle is eighty three years old.
7. Paula gave an up to the minute account of the game.
8. The amendment was defeated by a two thirds margin.
9. Di made an necklace from one hundred old fashioned buttons.
10. A well preserved mummy was found in the ruins.
11. My great aunt lives in Arizona.
12. Two thirds of the students passed the WASL.
13. Mr. Oscar has just got a job with the sanita

tion department.

14. Jack had to write a check for one hundred thirty nine dollars and forty four cents to cover the price of his Oz Fest ticket.
15. One half of the tickets were sold to head banging fans.