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a boy with brown hair
a brown-haired boy
a hotel with five stars
a five-star hotel
I saw a bird with a long nose.
I saw a long-nosed bird.
Bobert saw a dog with angry eyes.
Bobert saw an angry-eyed dog.
Bertha Wu is a girl who jumps high.
Berth Wu is a high-jumping girl.
A turtle that walked slowly crossed the street.
A slow-walking turtle crossed the street.
Missing hyphen: Daryl and Davis both watched the fast gazelles outrun the quick footed lions.
quick-footed
Missing hyphen: The young detectives snuck past the scary looking criminal as he snored loudly.
scary-looking
Missing hyphen: Old Mr. Drummond counted thirty two cookies in the box - eight were missing.
thirty-two
Missing hyphen: The young rabbit quickly hopped to the grass covered field to hide.
grass-covered
Find two missing hyphens: some of the eight year old students wanted to join the after school football program, but they were not old enough.
#1: eight-year-old #2: after-school
Form two compound adjectives: Reginald found a cat with green eyes that was purring near a man who was talking fast.
#1: green-eyed #2: fast-talking
"Brown-haired boy" What is the little dash between the two words called?
hyphen
What does an adjective describe?
a noun
Restate this sentence: Last night, Broofus looked at the sky, which was lit brightly.
Last night, Broofus looked at the brightly-lit sky.
Restate the sentence: At the fashion show, the supermodel who is looking good went down the catwalk in her dress.
At the fashion show, the good-looking supermodel went down the catwalk in her dress.
