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What does an adjective describe?

a noun

Missing hyphen: Daryl and Davis both watched the fast gazelles outrun the quick footed lions.

quick-footed

a boy with brown hair

a brown-haired boy

Bertha Wu is a girl who jumps high.

Berth Wu is a high-jumping girl.

Missing hyphen: Old Mr. Drummond counted thirty two cookies in the box - eight were missing.

thirty-two

Restate this sentence: Last night, Broofus looked at the sky, which was lit brightly.

Last night, Broofus looked at the brightly-lit sky.

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.

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

Missing hyphen: Snow White was such a kind hearted person to help those miners and forest creatures.

kind-hearted

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

Missing hyphen: The young detectives snuck past the scary looking criminal as he snored loudly.

scary-looking

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.

Restate the sentence: Kenneth MacBrungle with long hair waited in the lunch line.

Long-haired Kenneth MacBrungle waited in the lunch line.

Missing hyphen: The young rabbit quickly hopped to the grass covered field to hide.

grass-covered

A turtle that walked slowly crossed the street.

A slow-walking turtle crossed the street.

a hotel with five stars

a five-star hotel

"Brown-haired boy" What is the little dash between the two words called?

hyphen