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Name : Dina Nietty Tamba

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Class :A
Courses : English

1. Many grammatical relationships are possible in [noun + noun] construction or noun


compounds.
Answer:
a. a heat exchanger = an exchanger which uses heat.
b. a iron plate = a plate which is made of iron.
c. a aluminium foil = a foil which contains aluminium.
d. a vacuum dryer = a dryer which has a vacum.
e. a screw press = a press which is operated by screw.
2. Here are other common ways of modifying the noun in engineering.
Answer:
a. Sterilizer-fruit bunch conveyor = a conveyor with a sterilizer fruit bunch
b. a boiler-feed tank = a feed tank with a boiler
c. Sand trap tank = a tank with a sand trap
3. Some noun + noun combination used in engineering contained formed from a verb.
Often the verb indicates the function of the object described.
Answer:
- Water treatment
to treatment of water (function).
We express this information in a sentence: “An-water treatment is used to
treatment of water.”
4. Another common way of modifying a noun can be seen in the following.
Answer:
- The material evaporate easily = It is an easily evaporate (evaporated) material.
- The material fammable = It is an flammable material.
- The material saturated easily = It is an easily saturated material
5. The ending –tight is used to describe joints, and the endings –proof and –resistant
describe materials which have certain properties.

Answer:
- an sand-trap tank = a tank which sand cannot pass through.
- a corrosion-resistant material = a material which is not damaged by corrosion.

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