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The Man-Eating Shark

Hyphens that stop the reader reading it wrong

Lesson 16
Medium
Name
Date
Chef Polpetta

The hyphen is glue, not decoration. Glue the pair that shares one job, and read both ways before you choose.

1

Tick the right one

aThe sofa needs new fabric, so we must re-cover it.The sofa needs new fabric, so we must recover it.
bTwenty odd chefs applied, about twenty of them.Twenty-odd chefs applied, about twenty of them.
cShe sold a little-used car. It had hardly been driven.She sold a little used car. It had hardly been driven.
dThe stolen sofa turned up, so we can recover it.The stolen sofa turned up, so we can re-cover it.
2

Find the 4 mistakes

Polpetta wrote the specials board in his best chalk. Our well known chef cooks every dish daily. Try the last minute deal after nine o'clock. The man eating shark on the aquarium poster scared Leo half to death. Twenty odd customers queued before opening. Our freshly baked bread arrives at dawn, still warm.
Read each pair both ways. One pair is already right, careful!
Write the corrections here
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The Man-Eating Shark

Lesson 16 · Medium · side 2

Name
3

Now you write

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a A sentence where twenty-odd means roughly twenty:
b A pair of sentences: re-cover, then recover:
c Which sentences go wrong without their hyphen?
Tick 2A man-eating shark swam past.A well-known chef cooked for us.Twenty-odd people came to the party.Our up-to-date menu is on the wall.A last-minute order came in.
Write one of them both ways, and say what changes:
4

Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I chalked up the special. Today only: man eating shark. That will pack the café, no?

Tell him what the sign serves as written, and where the hyphen rescues it.
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