Grammar Exercise: Hyphen Use

Intermediate

Look at these sentences that either include or do not include hyphens. Is each sentence correct or not?


1. As it was such a hot day, we all bought ice-creams.
    Correct
    Not Correct

2. It hurt a lot. I thought I'd been hit by a ten ton truck.
    Correct
    Not Correct

3. There were thirty-six athletes in the final race.
    Correct
    Not Correct

4. Pass me that bag of chocolate-covered nuts. I love them!
    Correct
    Not Correct

5. The university-campus has been closed due to flood damage.
    Correct
    Not Correct

6. John's coworkers bought him a new mp3 player for his birthday.
    Correct
    Not Correct

7. Don't spell it like that. It's H-Y-P-H-E-N.
    Correct
    Not Correct

8. Mrs. Grayson, the much-loved teacher from New York, died aged seventy-four.
    Correct
    Not Correct

9. The teacher won an award for her literature classes, which focused on nineteenth and twentieth-century novels.
    Correct
    Not Correct

10. In the restaurant, I saw a woman eating pizza and a man eating shark.
    Correct
    Not Correct

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