# 2022/3/27 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-colon-semicolon-and-more/hyphens-dashes-and-ellipses/v/dashes 1. As it was such a hot day, we all bought ice-cream. Correct Not Correct 2. It hurt a lot. I thought I'd been hit by a ten ton truck. -> The truck weighs ten tons. -> The ten-ton truck is heavy. **-> number+unit** Correct Not Correct 3. There were thirty-six athletes in the final race. **->數字** Correct Not Correct 4. Pass me that bag of chocolate-covered nuts. I love them! -> The nuts are covered with chocolate. -> **N+V(ed,ing)** 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. ->** 拼字** Correct Not Correct 8. Mrs. Grayson, the (much-)loved teacher from New York, died aged seventy-four. -> **adv+adj** -> a well-dressed man -> the best-designed roboot Correct Not Correct 9. The teacher won an award for her literature classes, which focused on nineteenth and twentieth-century novels. -> -century Correct Not Correct 10. In the restaurant, I saw a woman eating pizza and a man eating shark. -> man-eating shark 吃人的鯊魚 **-> N+V(ed,ing)** Correct Not Correct https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g57-hyphen-use-error-exercise.php This gives you a grade of C. Question 1 - Correct. Question 2 - Correct. Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: Correct. Question 4 - Correct. Question 5 - Correct. Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: Not Correct. should be co-workers Question 7 - Correct. Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: Correct. Question 9 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: Not Correct. The teacher won an award for her literature classes, which focused on nineteenth- and twentieth-century novels. Question 10 - Correct.