✏️ Grammar & Conventions: Compound Modifiers (Grade 12)

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Observe hyphenation conventions in compound modifiers.

1. Hyphenate correctly: a long term plan

2. Hyphenate correctly: a ten page report

3. Hyphenate correctly: a high school student

4. Hyphenate correctly: a carefully planned event

5. Hyphenate correctly: a state of the art lab

6. Hyphenate correctly: The plan is long term.

Answer key: 1) a long-term plan · 2) a ten-page report · 3) no hyphen (open compound in common use) or high-school (both seen) · 4) no hyphen (-ly adverb) · 5) a state-of-the-art lab · 6) no hyphen after the noun

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Free Grade 12 English worksheet (Common Core L.11-12.2.a): observe hyphenation conventions in compound modifiers. Skill: Observe hyphenation conventions in compound modifiers. Level: Grade 12 — also suits Year 13 (UK).

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CCSS L.11-12.2.a: Observe hyphenation conventions
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