Remember: A hyphen ties words into one big word. A hook marks missing letters or shows who owns something. Neat and careful is best.
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Read the story, then answer.
The sign tentIt was fair day, and Wren and her Grandad Ike ran the sign tent. A boy wanted a sign for the merry-go-round, so Wren typed the three words. But they wobbled and drifted apart, like boats with no rope. Grandad Ike said to tie them together with a hyphen, a short line that ties words into one big word. Next came a sign for the cake stall: do not touch. Grandad Ike squeezed the two words into one, and the o hopped out. Now it said don't, with a tiny hook where the o had been. That hook is an apostrophe. It has a second job too: it shows who owns something. Wren found a hat with Sam's name on the tag, so it was Sam's hat, and Crumb the cat napped in Crumb's basket.
1
What does a hyphen do to words?
📢makes a word louder🪢ties words into one❓ends a question
2
In don't, the apostrophe stands where a letter is missing.
TrueFalse
3
Which one shows that the basket belongs to Crumb the cat?
Crumb's basketCrumbs basketCrumb basket
Look, match and fix
A hyphen ties words into one. An apostrophe is a tiny hook.
4
Look at the table. In don't, which letter did the hook replace?
the t in notthe n in notthe o in not
5
The hyphen key is next to the blue key. Write the number on the blue key:
6
The apostrophe key is on the home row, just past the blue key. Which finger stretches over for it?
left pinkyright pinkyright ring finger
7
Join each short word to the words it squeezes.
1don't
2it's
3I'm
4we're
Awe are
Bit is
CI am
Ddo not
8
Circle every word whose hook marks a missing letter.
isn'tMia's bikethey'reRex's boneshe's
9
To type a hyphen you must hold the shift key.
TrueFalse
10
Grandad Ike typed: Dont touch Crumbs cake! What does the line need?
a hook in Dont and a hook before the s in Crumbsa hyphen in Dont and in Crumbsa hook after the s in Crumbs
11
Number the steps for typing Sam's hat.
Type the letter s
Type the name Sam
Reach the right pinky past the semicolon for the hook
Type a space, then hat
12
Stretch: let's is the short way to write let .
Copy and write
13
Copy it. well-known merry-go-round
14
Write a sign for your room with one tied word and one short word with a hook.
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