HELPP PLEASEE WITH ENGLISH

Question

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen?

The pecan-covered cake was super moist.
The chocolate-cake was gone before the party ended.
The dessert tray-offerings were many and mostly chocolate.
The cupcakes were covered in delicious-chocolate shavings.

Answer 1

Hi:

Yes, I agree with the answer provided by Matthew N. To make things easier for you in the future, just remember that when you have 2+ modifying words before your noun or pronoun, for example: "the highly-decorated officer" - 'highly' is an adverb telling you to what degree the officer was 'decorated.'  In your example, 'the pecan-covered cake,' 'pecan' is telling you HOW (or in what manner) the cake was covered. Just remember that adverbs answer "how," "where," "to what degree," and sometimes "why." Another tip: most of the 'how' adverbs end in 'ly' (such as in "The boy runs quickly.")

Hope this helps!  

Answer 2

The pecan-covered cake was super moist.

Hyphens are used to connect two words that come before a noun to act as a collective modifier.