Grammar and Language Workbook

Unit 12, Punctuation 253

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Mechanics

Lesson 81

Hyphens

Use a hyphen to show the division of a word at the end of a line. Always divide a

word between syllables.

The Big Dipper is probably the most familiar of all the constella-

tions.

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

Use a hyphen or hyphens in certain compound nouns. Check a dictionary.

father-in-law sisters-in-law

Exercise 1 Add hyphens where needed. Write Cif the sentence needs no changes.

C He peeled twenty-three apples for the pies.

C 1. I have thirty-five dollars to spend.

2. Drew’s great-grandmother knows a lot of interesting stories.


3. Gregorio’s dad turns thirty-five tomorrow.


4. Jack Benny always said he was thirty-nine.
   C 5. This company produces fifty-seven kinds of soup.


5. The latitude of Chicago is forty-two degrees.


6. The mother of my sister’s husband is my sister’s mother-in-law.
   C 8. Did you climb all ninety-one steps?


7. The produce store has twenty-seven kinds of vegetables.


8. The piano has eighty-eight keys.
   C 11. Jeanna has exactly seventy-three cents in her pocket.


9. The speed limit on the highway is fifty-five miles an hour.


10. The woman over there is my sister-in-law.
    C 14. She lives in Boonetown; he lives thirty-three miles away.


11. There are thirty-eight desks in the room.


12. She’s never been more than seventy-five miles from home.