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Hyphens to avoid ambiguity

5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: L.5.2 · England: Y6 GPS (hyphens), KS2 SATs GPS

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Question 1
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? She is a little-used book collector.
- A. she collects books that are not used much
- B. she is a small person who collects used books
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Question 2
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? She is a little-used book collector.
- A. she is a small person who collects used books
- B. she collects books that are not used much
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Question 3
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? She is a little-used book collector.
- A. she collects books that are not used much
- B. she is a small person who collects used books
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Question 4
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? There were twenty-odd people at the party.
- A. twenty strange people
- B. about twenty people
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Question 5
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? I need to re-cover the sofa.
- A. get better after being ill
- B. put a new cover on it
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Question 6
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? I need to re-cover the sofa.
- A. get better after being ill
- B. put a new cover on it
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Question 7
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? We saw a man-eating shark.
- A. a shark that eats people
- B. a man who is eating shark meat
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Question 8
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? She is a little-used book collector.
- A. she collects books that are not used much
- B. she is a small person who collects used books
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Question 9
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? I need to re-cover the sofa.
- A. get better after being ill
- B. put a new cover on it
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Question 10
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? There were twenty-odd people at the party.
- A. about twenty people
- B. twenty strange people
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Question 11
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? There were twenty-odd people at the party.
- A. twenty strange people
- B. about twenty people
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Question 12
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? We saw a man-eating shark.
- A. a man who is eating shark meat
- B. a shark that eats people
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Question 13
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? I need to re-cover the sofa.
- A. get better after being ill
- B. put a new cover on it
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Question 14
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? We saw a man-eating shark.
- A. a shark that eats people
- B. a man who is eating shark meat
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Question 15
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? She is a little-used book collector.
- A. she is a small person who collects used books
- B. she collects books that are not used much
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Question 16
What does the hyphen tell us this sentence means? There were twenty-odd people at the party.
- A. twenty strange people
- B. about twenty people

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Answer key: Hyphens to avoid ambiguity

1. A. she collects books that are not used much
2. B. she collects books that are not used much
3. A. she collects books that are not used much
4. B. about twenty people
5. B. put a new cover on it
6. B. put a new cover on it
7. A. a shark that eats people
8. A. she collects books that are not used much
9. B. put a new cover on it
10. A. about twenty people
11. B. about twenty people
12. B. a shark that eats people
13. B. put a new cover on it
14. A. a shark that eats people
15. B. she collects books that are not used much
16. B. about twenty people