Punctuation and Capitalization

Which shows the correct version of a hyphenated past participle?

• Joe Goldberg liked the wind-blown hair of Beck.

• Joe Goldberg liked the wind blown hair of Beck.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Select the correctly hyphenated compound adjective.

• Fastpaced

• Fast paced

• Fast-paced

• Fast, paced

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

When the conjunction and is used between two words (usually nouns) to join them as a single modifier, we must hyphenate all three words.

For example:

These old stone-and-mortar buildings have stood the test of time.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Do not hyphenate compound adjectives if. . .

• you don't feel like it

• the first word is an -ly adverb

• if the adjective is actually a noun

• one word is a number

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

What is this punctuation mark?

• Hyphen from compound words

• Questions marks shows that a question is being asked

• Ellipsis shows that something has been removed from a sentence

• Parentheses used to add extra information in a sentence

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

The compound word brother-in-law is a form of?

• Hyphenated compound noun

• Solid/Closed compound noun

• Open/Spaced compound noun

• Separated compound noun

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Which of the following are not hyphenated when functioning as compound adjectives?

• proper nouns

• adjectives

• quantifiers

• pronouns

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Which one is a hyphen compound word?

• I am twenty-one years old.

• Mother-in-law

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Made of more than one word, most are hyphenated

• Interogative pronoun

• Indefinite articles

• Compound Adjectives

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

compound adjectives can be hyphenated

• true

• false

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A