Five-minute & Five minutes, what's the difference?

When "five minutes" is used as an adjective, then "five minute" is very common

He took a five minute break. (adjective)
He took a break for five minutes( adverbial expression)

The book says:
Ten minutes by car // a ten-minute_________
Now what should be written in the blank and why?

Am I all alone in thinking it is wrong to omit the hyphen in "a five-minute break"?

enoonAm I all alone in thinking it is wrong to omit the hyphen in "a five-minute break"?

Nope. I read it completely differently without. And in some cases the lack of a hyphen can reduce comprehension. But that's for another day...

Hi,

The book says:
Ten minutes by car // eg a ten-minute_drive____
Now what should be written in the blank and why?
'Ten-minute' is an adjective, as already noted, so it needs to be followed by a noun.

It also n

Is it correct to say "a ten-minute driving"?

Bbk_agpIs it correct to say "a ten-minute driving"?

No, but you can say "a ten-minute driving lesson"! (I don't think you would learn much in ten minutes, but you can say that.

We learnt that after "a ten-minute" a noun will come. How we can use verbs after this phrase? I thought by adding "ing" to verb we make it noun form of verb

Bbk_agpWe learnt that after "a ten-minute" a noun will come.

That's true, but there may be another word or two in between.

Bbk_agpHow we can use verbs after this phrase?

You can't. "a ten-minute" would not be followed by a verb.

Bbk_agpI thought by adding "ing" to verb we make it noun form of verb

what is correct to say? five minutes is over or five minutes are over let us clean up