Year 6

Contents
Glossary 3
How does it work? 4
Top tips for grammar and punctuation success 5
Unit 1 Formal and informal language 6
Unit 2 Formal and informal structures 10
Revision 1 14
Unit 3 Synonyms and antonyms 18
Unit 4 Using hyphens 22
Revision 2 26
Unit 5 Active and passive voice 30
Unit 6 Linking paragraphs creatively 34
Unit 7 Structuring writing 38
Revision 3 42
Unit 8 Colons, semi-colons and single dashes 46
Unit 9 Writing lists 50
Unit 10 Using bullet points 54
Revision 4 58
Answers 62

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4 Using hyphens

Rule
1 You use hyphens to join two or more words together to make a
compound word.

Compound nouns Compound adjectives Compound verbs

my father-in-law, a action-packed, free- to ice-skate, to check-in,
break-in, a passer- range, well-known, to binge-watch, to spot-
by, my dry-cleaning high-tech, deep-fried check, to rubber-stamp
The hyphen in a compound word helps make your meaning clear.
Think about difference in meaning between these two sentences:
•• There is a man eating shark.
•• There is a man-eating shark.

2 You use hyphens to add the prefixes re– and co– to words starting with
the same vowel, and to attach the prefix ex– when it means former.

re– co– ex–

re-enter, re-educate, ex-husband, ex-soldier,
co-operate, co-ordinate
re-use ex-president
Some words with prefixes also need a hyphen to make sense.
•• I had to de-ice the freezer. (de-ice not deice)

abc hyphen: a punctuation mark (-) used to link parts of a word together
compound word: a word made up of two or more words joined
together
prefix: a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of word to
change its meaning

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Name 4
Class

What is another way to write …

1 a man who is dressed well? Circle your answer.
a well dressed man    a well-dressed man    a well dressed-man

2 a guide who speaks French? Circle your answer.

a French-speaking-guide    a French speaking-guide
a French-speaking guide

3 an activity with a high risk? Circle your answer.

a high-risk activity    a high risk-activity    a-high risk activity

4 a gadget that saves you time? Circle your answer.

a time-saving-gadget    a time-saving gadget    a time saving gadget

5 a girl who is five years old? Circle your answer.

a five-year old girl     a five year-old girl     a five-year-old girl

You need hyphens between all the

words in each compound adjective.

Add a hyphen or hyphens

1 There is a man eating tiger in this jungle.
One of these
sentences needs
2 Tyler’s sister in law is coming to visit next week. three hyphens.

3 The gang of thieves refused to co operate with

the policeman.

4 Suddenly, the pitch black room was filled with an

ear piercing scream.

5 Once we have checked in, it is about a two hour wait

before take off.

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Use a hyphen or hyphens to rewrite …

1 a song that lasts five minutes.

2 a UFO that is moving fast.

3 to enter somewhere again.

4 a woman who is fifty-three years old.

Rewrite the sentences using the correct

punctuation
1 it was certainly a well made film but it was a slow moving story

2 the army and the navy co ordinated their attack on the giant green alien

3 tonight I am going to binge watch that well known drama series

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Add the hyphens

Here is the script of a radio news report. It explains lots of details, but the
writer has forgotten to use any hyphens.
Add the hyphens in the correct places to make the meaning clearer.

BREAKING NEWS

There has been a break in at the home of Orville Finlay, the ex President of
Liban. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a man managed to evade the
high tech security of the ex President’s seaside villa.

Fortunately, only Orville Finlay was at home at the time: the rest of his
family had gone ice skating. There was a loud argument and scuffle between
the two men before the security forces stormed the ten bedroom home.

The intruder is described as having green eyes and light brown hair. He
has been named as Devin Hawkins, the ex President’s own brother in law.
Hawkins was arrested at the scene. Police say he is co operating, but he
is likely to be given a two year sentence in jail.

Ex President Finlay is hoping to be re elected in the vote this summer.

Meanwhile, he is remaining at the villa to recover from the ordeal.

For the latest, up to the minute news, stay with us on Radio Liban Live!
There are 17 missing hyphens in
this text! How many can you find?

Write a diary entry

Now imagine you are ex-President Orville Finlay. Write a diary entry about
the events of that night. Use at least three hyphenated words in your writing.

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Activity 1
1 a well-dressed man   2 a French-speaking guide   3 a high-risk activity
4 a time-saving gadget 5 a five-year-old girl
You need hyphens between all
Activity 2 of these words because they
1 There’s a man-eating tiger in this jungle. form one adjective.
2 Tyler’s sister-in-law is coming to visit next week.
3 The gang of thieves refused to co-operate with the policeman.
4 Suddenly, the pitch-black room was filled with an ear-piercing scream.
5 Once we have checked-in, it is about a two-hour wait before take-off.

Page 24 The sentence includes a

Activity 1 hyphenated verb (checked-in),
adjective (two-hour) and noun
1 a five-minute song (take-off).
2 a fast-moving UFO
3 to re-enter
4 a fifty-three-year-old woman
Activity 2
1 It was certainly a well-made film, but it was a slow-moving story.
2 The army and the navy co-ordinated their attack on the giant green alien.
3 Tonight I’m going to binge-watch that well-known drama series.

Page 25
Activity 1
There has been a break-in at the home of Orville Finlay, the ex-President
of Liban. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a man managed to Recover
evade the high-tech security of the ex-President’s seaside villa. doesn’t need
a hyphen here
Fortunately, only Orville Finlay was at home at the time: the rest of
because it
his family had gone ice-skating. There was a loud argument and
means to get
scuffle between the two men before the security forces stormed the
better, not to
ten-bedroom home.
cover again.
The intruder is described as having green eyes and light-brown hair.
He has been named as Devin Hawkins, the ex-President’s own
brother-in-law. Dawkins was arrested at the scene. Police say he is
co-operating, but he is likely to be given a two-year sentence in jail.
Ex-President Finlay is hoping to be re-elected in the vote this summer.
Meanwhile, he is remaining at the villa to recover from the ordeal.
For the latest, up-to-the-minute news, stay with us on Radio Liban Live!
Activity 2
All of these words need hyphens
Use this checklist to mark your answer.
because they all describe the news.
My diary entry …
… explains what happened
… correctly uses at least three
hyphenated words.
… is written in the first person

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