English-2
Grade-7
Easy

Question

A hyphen is used to _____.

  1. Show the writer is changing thoughts.
  2. Create an effect in the sentence.
  3. Connect two words together to create a new single word.
  4. To interrupt the flow of a sentence.    

hintHint:

A hyphen (-) is a punctuation mark that’s used to join words or parts of words.

The correct answer is: Connect two words together to create a new single word.


    The most appropriate definition would be option c and thus option c is the correct answer.

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