Question

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Indicate where you need to add hyphens in the following sentence:
The well loved teacher really knew how to listen to her students.
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a. The well loved teacher
b. really knew how
c. to listen
d. to her students.
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Answer 1

The hyphens should be added in a. The well-loved teacher, c. to listen, and d. to her students.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answers are a. The well-loved teacher, c. to listen, and d. to her students. Hyphens should be added in compound adjectives and compound nouns. In this sentence, 'well-loved' is a compound adjective modifying the noun 'teacher', so a hyphen should be added between 'well' and 'loved'. 'To listen' and 'to her students' are both infinitive phrases, but since the verb 'listen' is being modified by the adverb 'how', a hyphen should be added between 'how' and 'to'.

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