Question
Which sentences contain phrases that are hyphenated correctly? Select 3 options.
A: Over a-third of our class walks to school, while another-third rides the bus.
B: The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.
C: We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.
D: I will be twenty-five years old the same year that my grandma is one-hundred.
E: We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.
A: Over a-third of our class walks to school, while another-third rides the bus.
B: The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.
C: We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.
D: I will be twenty-five years old the same year that my grandma is one-hundred.
E: We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.
Answers
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The sentences that contain phrases that are hyphenated correctly are:
B: The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.
C: We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.
E: We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.
Options A and D contain incorrect hyphenation.
B: The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.
C: We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.
E: We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.
Options A and D contain incorrect hyphenation.