Compound Adjectives, nouns verbs………

Words can be combined to form compound nouns. They normally have

two parts. The second part identifies the object or person in question
(man, friend, tank, table, room). The first part tells us what kind of object
or person it is, or what its purpose is (police, boy, water, dining, bed ):
The two parts may be written in a number of ways:

1. as one word. Example: policeman, boyfriend

2. as two words joined with a hyphen. Example: dining-table

3. as two separate words. Example: fish tank

The two parts may be:

noun + noun: football

adjective +noun: blackboard
verb + noun: breakwater
preposition+noun: underworld
noun+adjective: snowwhite
adjective+adjective: blue-green
verb+adjective: tumbledown
preposition+adjective: over-ripe
noun +verb: browbeat
adjective+verb: highlight
preposition+verb: undercut
noun +preposition: love-in
adverb+preposition: forthwith
verb+preposition: takeout
preposition+preposition without

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1* Form compound nouns by adding one of these words to each of the
words below.
day book work star player
food games style jacket paper
station pan mate rights shop
 civil ______________
 hair ______________
 address ___________
 birth _____________
 woollen___________
 police ___________
 class ____________
 frying ___________
 note _____________
 vídeo ____________
 tennis ____________
 souvenir __________
 film ______________
 team _____________
 fast ______________

2. What are the compound nouns which fit the following definitions?

 The place where you were born.

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 Work given to pupils by teachers to be done at home.
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 The time between 1.00 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. when you stop
work to have lunch. ____________
 A list that you make of all things you need to buy when you

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 go shopping. _________________
 An official document that shows that you are qualified to
drive. ________________________
 A private club where people go to do physical exercises in
order to become fit. ____________
 A shop that sells different sorts of books.
___________________________________________
 Water from a spring that contains mineral salts or gases.
______________________________

Answer Key:

1. 2.

 tennis player  birthplace

 souvenir shop  homework

 film star  lunch hour

 teamwork  shopping list

 fast food  driving license

 civil rights  heath club

 hairstyle  bookshop

 address book mineral water

 birthday

 woolen jacket

 police station

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  classmate

 frying pan

 notepaper

 video games

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