NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF UCAYALI

COMPOUND NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

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 Chumbe Gonzales Henry Junior
 Guerra Tello Juan Luis
 Lomas Mori Shirley Evelyn
 López Fasabi Dora Rosaura
 Noriega Marzano Luis Antonio
 Ramírez García Camille
 Young Vela Abigail Gabriela
 COMPOUND NOUNS

• Words can be combined to form First part: type or Second part: that or Compound noun
purpose who
compound nouns. They are very
common and new combinations Police Man policeman
are invented almost daily. They
usually have two parts. The first
Boy Friend Boyfriend
part tells us what kind of object or
person it is, or what its purpose is.
The second part identifies the Water Tank Watertank
object or person in question.
Compound nouns often have a
Food Table Dining room
different or more specific meaning
than the two separate words.
Elementos compuestos Ejemplos de
sustantivo + sustantivo motorcycle motorcycle printer cartridge from
the bedroom water tank
sustantivo + verbo rain haircut
train spotted
sustantivo + adverbio parasite
passerby
verbo + sustantivo washing machine
driver's license
swimming pool
verbo + adverbio inconvenience of
observation post take-off
adverbio + sustantivo spectator
adjetivo + verbo dry cleaning to speak in public
adjetivo + sustantivo greenhouse software
redhead
adverbio + verbo exit
overthrow
upturn
entry
 ADJECTIVE
• Noun
Adjectives describe or modify, that is, they limit or restrict the meaning of nouns and pronouns. They can
name qualities of all kinds: huge , red , angry , tremendous , unique , rare , etc.
An adjective usually comes before a noun: "a red dress", "fifteen people". When an adjective follows a
linking verb such as to be or to seem , it is called a predicate adjective : " That building is huge ", " The
workers seem happy ". Most adjectives can be used as predicate adjectives, although some are always used
before a noun. Similarly, some adjectives can only be used as predicate adjectives and are never used
before a noun.
Some adjectives describe qualities that can exist in different quantities or degrees. To do this, the adjective
will change form (usually by adding -er or -est ) or will be used with words such as most, most, very,
slightly, etc.: "the older girls", "the longest day of the year", "a very strong feeling", "more expensive than
that". Other adjectives describe qualities that do not vary- " nuclear power", 'a medical doctor', and do not
change the form.
• The four demonstrative adjectives - this, that, these and those - are identical to the demonstrative
pronouns. They are used to distinguish the person or thing being described from others of the same
category or class. This and these describe people or things that are near or in the present. That and
those are used to describe persons or things that are not here, not near, not in the past or in the future.
These adjectives, like the definite and indefinite articles ( a , an, and the ), always come before any
other adjective that modifies a noun.
• An indefinite adjective describes a whole group or class of people or things, or a person or thing that
is unidentified or unfamiliar. The most common indefinite adjectives are: all, other, any, either, both,
each, either, enough, every, every, few, half, half, less, fewer, least, few, few, many, most, most, much,
none, one (and two, three , etc.), other, several, some, such, such, all .
• Adjective interrogatives -mainly which , which , what , and whose -are used to initiate questions.
They can also be used as interrogative pronouns.
¿Qué caballo apostaste? = Which horse did you bet on?
¿Qué canciones cantaron? = What did they sing?
¿De quién es este abrigo? = Whose coat is this?
• Possessive adjectives - my , your , his , her , its , our , their - tell you who has, owns or has
experienced something, as in "I admire their openness", " Our cat is 14 years old" and "They said their
trip was wonderful ".
• Nouns often function as adjectives. When they do, they are called attributive nouns.
• When two or more adjectives are used before a noun, they must be placed in the correct order. Any
article ( a , an , the ), demonstrative adjective ( that , these , etc.), indefinite adjective ( another ,
both , etc.) or possessive adjective ( her , our , etc.) always comes first. If there is a number, it
comes first or second. Real adjectives always come before attributive nouns. The order of true
adjectives will vary, but the following order is the most common: opinion word → size → age →
shape → form → color → nationality → material.
• Participles are often used as ordinary adjectives. They can go before a noun or after a linking verb .
A present participle (a word in -ing ) describes the person or thing that causes something; for
example, a boring conversation is one that bores you. A past participle (usually a word -ed )
describes the person or thing that has been affected by something; for example, a bored person is
one who has been affected by boredom.
EXERCISES
2.2 complete theses sentences with a compound nouns. Then see if you can find them on the
opposite page

1) I´m late because there was a terrible accident car in the center of town
2) Marilyn Monroe was a famous (pop Singer in the 1950s and early 1960s
3) My alarm clock didn´t go off this morning; I didn´twake up until noon!
4) I had to sit in the waiting chair for a hour before i could see the dentist
5) We really wanted to see the movie, but we couldn´t find baby sitter for the children, so
we had to stay home
6) When i´m driving. I always wear sun glasses if it´s very bright an sunny
7) In most countries, you have to pay anual taxes on you salary; the amount usually
depends on how mucho you earn
8) I often have the same problema; i park the car nexto to a (answer) , and the i realize that
i don´t have the right change
12.4 Try creating your own compound nouns. choose two or three common words and then try
to form compound nouns from them. Then check a diccionary to see if your words exist. Start
whit these.

1. Sketchbook ------------- Bookbase

2. Postcard. ------------- Cardboard

3. Butterfly. ------------- Flybacks

4. Snowman. ------------- Manufactory

5. Rainbow. ------------- Bowable

6. Firework. ------------- Workwomen

7. Ballroom. ------------- Roomages

8. Blackball. -------------- Ballasters

9. International. ------------- Nationalgeography

10. Sunflower. ------------- Flowerboxes

11. Bleachyard. ------------- Yardlike

12. Behope. ------------- Hopeful

13. Allgood -------------- Goodfellow

14. Checktake. ------------- Takeout

15. Earthmove. ------------- Moveabilities

13.1 Match words form the left-hand box with words on the right to form twelve compound
adjectives.

1. First class
2. Part time
3. Brand new
4. Second hand
5. Left handed
6. Ten dollar
7. North east
8. Good looking
9. Short Sleeved
10. Easy going
11. Badly Written

13.2 Cover the left-hand page. Then fill in the blanks to form compound adjectives.

Well known Badly ( written ) ( Left ) handed

( Ten dollar ) ( Brand new )

( part ) time ( north ) east ( first ) class

( Good looking ) ( Short Sleeved ) ( Easy going )

13.3 Complete the compound adjectives in these sentences.

1. We stayed in a five-star hotel.

2. There is a shop in Toronto that sells things for left-handed people.
3. We just bought a brand-new car.
4. The airport is about ten miles southeast of the city .
5. One little girl was very badly-behaved ,she kept shouting during lunch and then threw
food all over the floor.
6. He just got a part-time job, he Works three hours a day on Mondays,Wednesdays, and
Fridays.
7. It was a very well-badly article: I noticed several mistakesand the meaning wasn’t
clear.
8. They’re very well-dressed ,so they can afford to go to expensive restaurants.
9. It’s a twenty - kilometer walk to the house, but it´s much faster by car.
10. When I saw her last night, she was dancing with a very good-looking young man in a
white suit.
11. What would you do if you found a hundred-dollar Bill in the Street
12. I had a nice time with my cousin – he´s Good companyand very easywanted

Example :
 This long-lasting makeup will keep you looking lovely day and night.
 The athlete’s record-breaking performance won him the gold medal.
 Learning a language seems to be a never-ending process.
13.4

1. I am a twenty-two year old girl

2. I am a good-looking girl

3. I am a well-dressed woman

4. I am a hard-working person

5. I am a kind-hearted mother

6. I am a black-haired girl

7. I am a brown-eyed woman

8. I have good-looking neighbor

9. I have open-minded friends

10. I have open-minded parents

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