Question

Which sentences contain phrases that are hyphenated correctly? Check all that apply. Over a-third of our class walks to school, while another-third rides the bus. The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes. We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites. I will be twenty-five years old the same year that my grandma is one-hundred. We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.

Answer 1

Punctuation are used to organize a sentence . Moreover, it is used to create clarity and sense or to stress in a sentence. For example quotation marks " ", full stop (.), commas and so on.

The hyphen is a punctuation which is used to glue the words together. In other words, the hyphen indicates that the words are linked together. It has certain rules to be used. Hyphens are used to show a compound sentence .

To tell the age of things and people, hyphens are often used. It is used with the months, weeks, years and days but except the plural of these.

Therefore, sentences which are hyphenated correctly are:

• The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.
• We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.
• We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.

Answer 2

2.The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.
3.We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.
4.We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.