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Hyphen Practice Worksheet

This document provides a practice exercise on inserting hyphens into sentences according to specific rules. Students are given 10 sentences and asked to insert hyphens where needed, identifying whether each usage follows the rule of a compound word, compound number, or dividing syllables. The exercise is meant to help students learn when and how to properly use hyphens in their writing.

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Hyphen Practice Worksheet

This document provides a practice exercise on inserting hyphens into sentences according to specific rules. Students are given 10 sentences and asked to insert hyphens where needed, identifying whether each usage follows the rule of a compound word, compound number, or dividing syllables. The exercise is meant to help students learn when and how to properly use hyphens in their writing.

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Hyphens Practice

Name: _______________________________ Date:

In the following sentences, insert hyphens where needed. Then, tell what rule
supports the usage: compound word, compound number, or dividing syllables.

1. Rolanda’s dad is thirty seven years old.

2. Does James have a sister in law?

3. Basher is my well trained dog.

4. The book Martian Chronicles has twenty two chapters.

5. After dinner we visited my great grandmother.

6. On our way to the vacation of our dreams, we noticed sev


eral hitch hikers.

7. When you are proofreading your writing, always remember to put punct
uation where needed.

8. When Susie was twenty nine years old, she got married in Costa Rica.

9. The student who studies days in advance usually does excel


lent on a test.

10. There are many people that feel self confident about speaking in front of large
crowds.

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