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    This document discusses hyphens and brackets, their uses in compound words and sentences, and provides tasks for readers to practice using them. Hyphens are used to link compound words like X-ray and Vice-president. Brackets are used to add extra information within sentences, and readers are given sentences to insert brackets into, such as noting the years for Charles Dickens and the name of the school.

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    Literacy Lesson 6: Hyphens & Brackets

    A. Hyphens are used to link compound words like:

    X-ray Vice-president Brother-in-law

    Task 1: Can you think of any more hyphenated words like these?

    Task 2: Do you think you can add to this list of common prefixes
    (the bit before the hyphen)?

    non-
    low-
    head-
    ex-
    B. Brackets are a very common way of adding extra information to a
    sentence.

    Task 3: Can you insert the brackets into these four sentences?

    Charles Dickens 1812-1870 was the most popular author of the


    Victorian era.

    Steven Gerrard Captain was man of the match against Napoli.

    Our school The Connaught school got its best exam results ever in
    August 2010.

    Steve my best friend has just moved to Scotland.

    That’s all Folks!

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