Bài 2 :
2. Read and complete the LANGUAGE FOCUS with the examples in blue from the article.
(Đọc và hoàn thành TRỌNG TÂM NGÔN NGỮ với các ví dụ màu xanh lam trong bài viết.)
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Compound nouns and adjectives
Compound nouns
• A compound noun is normally made up of two words. The first word describes or modifies the second word: a (1) morning show = a show that is on in the morning. Compare: a company car (a type of car) and a car company (a type of company).
• Compound nouns can consist of:
noun + noun: (2) ________ anchor, newsreader, health check
adjective + noun: (3) _________ affairs
verb-ing + noun: breaking (4) _________
preposition + noun: (5) ________ view
• A significant number of compound nouns are made from phrasal verbs: back sth up => (6) ______, a crack down on sth => a crack-down
• Compound nouns can be written as one word, two words or with a hyphen. Check in a dictionary. The stress is usually on the first syllable.
Compound adjectives
• A compound adjective is usually made from two words and usually written with a hyphen.
• Compound adjectives can consist:
number + noun: three-minute, twenty-four-hour
adjective + noun: high-quality, present-day, deep-sea
noun + adjective: user-friendly, waist-high, weatherproof
noun /adjective / adverb + -ed/-ing participle: mouth-watering, short-lived, far-fetched, kind-hearted, weather-beaten, broad-shouldered, flat-footed, (7) __________, (8) ___________
verb + preposition/adverb: made-up, unheard-of
• Some compound adjectives are made from more than two words: four-year-old, state-of-the-art
• The noun in a compound adjective is usually singular a four-hour programme NOT a four-hours-programme
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