Hyphens in prefixes and suffixes

Choose the correcly punctuated sentence.

• It was a fast-paced plot with lots of intrigue and action.
• It was a fast paced plot with lots of intrigue and action.
• The plot was fast-paced with lots of intrigue and action.

What is the red punctuation doing in this sentence?

Someone put googly eyes all over the place in here, and—if I'm being honest— I'm a little creeped out.

• They're hyphens! They're combining two words.

• They're dashes! They're separating sentence elements.

Non-essential elements can be set off by all of the following EXCEPT:

• Hyphens

• Dashes

• Brackets

• Parentheses

Which definition is correct?

• A dash makes a two-word adjective.

• A dash is a break in a sentence.

• A hyphen is for unnecessary info.

• A hyphen is a break in a sentence.

Learning Goal:

To be able to understand how hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity.

To be to use hyphens where necessary to make words and writing clear.

• I have read my learning goals for today.

• I have read and understood my learning goals for today.

This requires a three fifths majority.

• This requires a three-fifths majority.

• This requires a three fifths majority.

Carefully choose the correct hyphenated word.

The dog friendly event was held at the local park.

• held-at

• local-park

• dog-friendly

Where would you add hyphen(s) in the sentence?
Fifty five people are going on the field trip.  

• Fifty-five
• five-people
• field-trip
• No Correction 

Nessie—a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found, supposedly comes out only during the winter.

• —a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found—

• ,a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found-

• -A sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found.

• No change

Choose the words that needs to be hyphenated:

Angelina will bring along her nine year old sister for the trip.

• year-old

• nine - year - old

• nine -year

• nine - year- old - sister