2. COMPOUND ADJECTIVES CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR FCE

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR FCE

2. COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

A compound adjective is a combination of two words which function as a single adjective. The two words are often joined with a hyphen.

Task 1. Join one word on the box A with one word on the box B to make compound adjectives.

A

absent-	dark-	eye-	fair-	half-	hand-
hard-	home-	run-	short-	semi-	sun-
three-	well-	world-

B

burnt	catching	detached	down	eyed	famous
haired	hearted	made	minded	off	read
sighted	skilled	skinned	star	tannned	up

Task 2. Use the compound adjectives to complete the following sentences.

1	We stayed in a ________ hotel on the seafront.
2	Everybody has heard of Mel Gibson; he's a ________ actor.
3	After six hours on the beach, he had a terribly ________ face.
4	I can't see very clearly. I'm a bit ________ .
5	It wasn't a particularly ________ tennis racket; it broke soon after I bought it.
6	She was wearing an ________ dress that made heads turn as she walked through the room.
7	All these items are ________ by skilled craftsmen in a local factory.
8	I feel a bit ________. Perhaps I should take more vitamins.
9	My wife comes from a ________ family; they've always had more money than my own family.
10	My grandfather's becoming very ________ . Last week he went to the library in his slippers.
11	To make a bit of money, my sister and I used to sell ________ cakes.
12	He made a ________ attempt to take an interest, but it was obvious he didn't want to be there.
13	My father is a very ________ man. His favourite authors are Orhan Pamuk and Umberto Eco.
14	I live in a rather plain ________ house on the outskirts of Nottingham.
15	There are lots of jobs for ________ workers in the factories in my area.

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