Match the words to form compound nouns and translate them

Form compound nouns, using the following explanations.

Model: A machine for drying hair – hair drier

1. A thing for opening tins - ... .

2. A machine for playing records - ... .

3. A machine for mixing food - ... .

4. A thing that times eggs (when they are boiling) - ... .

5. Things for warming people’s legs - ... .

6. Stuff that kills flies - ... .

7. A liquid that removes paint - ... .

8. A tool that opens bottles - ... .

9. A thing for peeling potatoes - ... .

10. A liquid for removing eye makeup - ... .

11. Stuff for freshening the air - ... .

Read and translate the sentences.

goody-goody, fifty-fifty, hush-hush, pooh-pooh, chit-chat, zigzag, sing-song, a walky-talky, helter-skelter.

1. If he refuses, or pooh-poohs your concern, go to a new doctor.

2. He is not what you might call a goody-goody.

3. The matter is so hush-hush I can't talk about it over the phone.

4. Expenses were shared fifty-fifty.

5. Please stop the chitchat there in the back row.

6. "You can't catch me. You can't catch me," he singsonged.

7. Here the road goes down steeply in a series of zigzags.

8. This is enough claptrap. I'm leaving.

9. Where’s your walky-talky?

Составные прилагательные

(Compound Adjectives)

Translate into Russian.

age-long, oil-rich, inch-wide, icy-cold,stone-deaf,dog-tired, knee-deep, electromotive, pale-blue, tragicomic, matter-of-fact, wind-driven, oil-rich, heavy-hearted, low-born, ill-mannered, bluish-black, home-made, stone-deaf, safety-tested, three-coloured, sea-going, white-hot, breath-taking, blue-black, dark-purple.

Match words from the box on the left with words from the box on the right to form 12 compound adjectives.

Complete the compound adjectives in these sentences.

1. They were both wearing short- ... shirts.

2. We stayed in a five- ... hotel.

3. There is a shop in London which sells things for left- ... people.

4. He's just bought a brand- ... car.

5. One little girl was very badly- ... ; she kept shouting during lunch and then threw food all over the floor.

6. She's just got a ... -time job; she works three hours a day on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

7. It was a very badly- ... article: I noticed several punctuation mistakes and lots of spelling mistakes.

8. I had a nice time with my cousin – he's good company and very easy - .... .

Underline the most suitable compound word.

1. The bus from Glasgow arrives at the central bus station/bus stop.

2. Bob only works half-time/part-time at the moment.

3. Joan has lovely clothes and is always well-dressed/well-worn.

4. Some of Bill's ideas are rather old-axed/old-fashioned.

5. We left our car in the multi-storey car park/car parking.

6. Martin is now a well-known/well-written novelist.

7. Thank you. You gave me a good haircut/haircutting.

8. Excellent. That was a first class/first course lunch!

9. I prefer self-made/homemade jam to the jam you buy in shops.

Complete the compound word in each sentence with a word from the box.

bow cut helmet storm case place steps writing

1. We had to take shelter during a severe thunder ... .

2. Nobody can read the doctor's hand ... .

3. You look awful. Why don't you have a hair ... ?

4. If you ride a motorbike you have to wear a crash ... .

5. There isn't room in here for another book ... .

6. After the shower, the sun came out and there was a rain ... .

7. I could hear the sound of foot ... . Someone was coming!

8. At one end of the room is a lovely old stone fire ...

Compound verbs

(составные глаголы)

Translate into Russian.

to vacuumclean, to finger-print, to care-take, to nickname, to sightsee, to whitewash, to type-write, to week-end, to fortune-hunt, to hunger-strike, to merry-make, to blackball, to keyboard, to blue-pencil, to spotlight, to sidetrack, to handcuff.

Translate into Russian.

to download, to upload, to upgrade, to unwind, to update, to downshift, to inlay, to offset, to spring-clean, to blacklist, to baby-sit, to playact, to housekeep.

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