Friday, August 1, 2014

COMPOUND (TWO) NOUNS (Intermediate) (EXERCISE I33E139)



















A compound noun is a noun comprising at least two words.

There are three forms:

With Spaces:         Swimming pool, grey matter, fish tank
Without Spaces:   Shotgun, housework, eyelid
With Hyphens:      Baby-sitter, laughing-gas, daughter-in-law


1.     Match a word in A with a word in B to make a new noun.

A
B
(A)   air
(  ) chair
(B)   day
(  ) room
(C)   break
(  ) mate
(D)   drift
(  ) craft
(E)    check
(  ) boy
(F)    arm
(  ) down
(G)  rain
(  ) fast
(H)   bed
(  ) burg
(I)     butter
(  ) quake
(J)     ear
(  ) bow
(K)   earth
(  ) wood
(L)    cow
(  ) fly
(M) note
(  ) phones
(N)  count
(  ) dream
(O)  ice
(  ) book

2.    Fill in the gaps below with a compound noun from the box above.


(A)        This is my grandfather’s favorite _____________________.
(B)        This morning for ________________ I had cornflakes and toast.
(C)        I was playing chess with my nephew when he shouted ________________.
(D)        The __________________ landed safely at the airport.
(E)        I found an interesting piece of ___________________ on the beach.
(F)        A beautiful _________________ landed on the flower.
(G)        The man loved to _______________ when he listened to classical music.
(H)        I use my _______________ when I travel on business.
(I)        The teacher asked the children to _________________ from ten.
(J)    My ______________ is very small.
(K)    I asked my nephew to use his ______________because I did not like his music.
(L)    The ________________ loved his horse.
(M)    The _____________________ measure 5.3 on the richer scale.
(N)     An _____________________ can sink a ship.
(O)     The boy looked for the pot of gold at the end of the _________________.


ANSWERS
COMPOUND (TWO) NOUNS

1.    Match a word in A with a word in B to make a new noun.

A
B
(A)   air
(f) chair
(B)   day
(h) room
(C)   break
(e) mate
(D)   drift
(a) craft
(E)    check
(l) boy
(F)    arm
(n) down
(G)  rain
(c) fast
(H)   bed
(o) burg
(I)     butter
(k) quake
(J)     ear
(g) bow
(K)   earth
(d) wood
(L)    cow
(i) fly
(M) note
(j) phones
(N)  count
(b) dream
(O)  ice
(m) book

2.  Fill in the gaps below with a compound noun from the box above.


(A)    This is my grandfather’s favorite armchair.
(B)    This morning for breakfast, I had cornflakes and toast.
(C)    I was playing chess with my nephew when he shouted checkmate!
(D)    The aircraft landed safely at the airport.
(E)    I found an interesting piece of driftwood on the beach.
(F)    A beautiful butterfly landed on the flower.
(G)    The man loved to daydream when he listened to classical music.
(H)    I use my notebook when I travel on business.
(I)    The teacher asked the children to countdown from ten.
  (J)     My bedroom is very small.
  (K)     I asked my nephew to use his earphones because I did not like his music.
 (L)     The cowboy loved his horse.
 (M)     The earthquake measure 5.3 on the richer scale.
 (N)     An iceberg can sink a ship.
 (O)     The boy looked for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.


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