VII. Make up the compound nouns combining the words from two columns

1 dough 2 bird’s- 3 lady- 4 horse 5 mother’s 6 sun 7 blue 8 night 9 horse- 10 butter- 11 traffic 12 alarm

A fingers B bell C school D eye view E marine F nut G jam H bird I mark J clock K flower L fly

VIII. 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 The airport is about ten miles south-... of the city centre.

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

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

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

9 They're very well-... so they can afford to go to expensive restaurants.

10 It's a twenty-... walk to the house, but it takes much less than that in the car.

11 She's got a little stall in the market where she sells second-... things.

12 When I saw her last night, she was dancing with a very good-… young man in a white suit.

13 I was astonished when the man at the next table gave the waiter a ten-... note as a tip.

14 Have you ever met a well-... actor or politician?

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

Conversion

IX. The following parts of the body are used as verbs in the sentences below. Put each one in its correct place.

Shin, head, mouth, finger, back, thumb, head, foot, shoulder, elbow.

1. I think we’d better ……. for the station. Our train leaves in half an hour.

2. It’s your fault! Don’t leave me to ……. all the blame!

3. There was a crowd of people there. I had to ……. my way through.

4. They decided to their way round Europe. They're experienced hitch-hikers.

5. If customers ……. a book a lot, it gets dirty.

6. I'm having my house painted. It's very expensive. I don't know how I'm going to ……. the bill.

7. Bob couldn't hear me because of the noise so I had to ……. what I wanted to say.

8. He's very fit and strong. Watch him ……. up that tree like a monkey.

9. It has been announced that the Foreign Minister will ……. a delegation to visit China next month.

10. A large manufacturing firm has offered to ……. the Himalayan Expedition.

X. a) Explain the meanings of the under­lined verbs. b) Translate the verbs into Russian. To powder one's nose, to elbow one’s way, to head a delegation, to parrot the grown-ups, to nurse the wounded, to referee the match, to boss the job, to dock the ship, to garage the car, to barrel beer, to torture the priso­ner, to anger the mother, to inconvenience the host.

XI. Rewrite these sentences using the underlined nouns as verbs. The meaning must stay the same. Look at the example first.

Example: There was a lot of rain yesterday. It rained a lot yesterday.

1. We had a long wait. 2. I had a dream about you last night. 3. We waited in the queue for half an hour. 4. The cost of the holiday was about £500. 5. I wrote a reply to his letter yesterday.

XII. Sometimes the same word form can be a verb and noun but with a very different meaning. Read these pairs of sentences. Does the verb have a) the same meaning as the noun, b) a similar meaning, or c) a completely different meaning?

1. We had a long wait for the bus. If we wait any longer, we may miss the train.

2. Could we have another bottle of water, please? I asked her to water the garden.

3. I gave him the book. Did you book the table in the restaurant?

4. They always take a break after an hour's work. Did he break his arm skiing?

5. I go for a run most mornings. I was late so I had to run to get to school on time.

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