1. Underline the compound adjectives in the sentence below.
2. Hyphenate the compound adjectives that precede nouns.

Bottle-nosed dolphins rolled to the surface of the shallow water for breaths of fresh air.

1. The first all-talking movie, Light of New York, appeared in 1928.
2. The name Netherlands literally means "lands that are low-lying."
3. Caroline’s favorite kind of tea has a baked-apple aroma and a spicy taste.
4. On the two-mile trail through Mississippi’s Bienville National Forest, the most common trees are loblolly, shortleaf, and longleaf pine.
5. Shirley’s prize-winning tomato weighed more than four pounds.
6. Of all games monopoly is the largest selling.
7. Fiber-optic wires carry far more data than ordinary cables.
8. Jeannette has a battery-powered sweeper that very easily removes crumbs from a dinner table.
9. A hand is a four-inch unit of measurement used to determine the height of horses.
10. Billions of calls are made to toll-free numbers each year.

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