It is asking you to identify where a pair of dashes should go.
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Tick to show where a pair of dashes should go in the sentence.
- Read the question carefully and read it again. What is it asking you to do?
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- Find the 'extra' information in the sentence.
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The comment about the babies is 'extra' information. This can be placed between dashes.
- Check that the sentence makes sense without the information inside the dashes.
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Our hamster had babies during the night.
- Add the dashes at the beginning and end of the 'extra' information.
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Our hamster had babies four, in fact during the night.
- Check your answer.
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Our hamster had babies – four, in fact – during the night.