COMPOUND SNAP
✃ Vocabulary: compound nouns
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Scientists don’t often The
make s was made when he
breakthrough that are this important. breakthrough was working late in the
laboratory one night.
There is a There is a
between making the between
trade-off battery bigger and trade-off the performance of the
increasing the weight of engine and the need for
the product. it to be economical.
The engine used in the Over 100,000
early model had many kilometres, this vehicle
breakdown s. breakdown had no s.
The of The
the experiment was of the modifications
outcome not possible to guess. outcome was an increase in the
product’s efficiency.
The of The biggest
this material is the cost. of
downside downside the product was its
reliability.
The fact it doesn’t Even though it
work underwater is a had a number of
drawback major . drawback s, the
first design was chosen.
Answers
Scientists don’t often make The breakthrough was The outcome of the The outcome of the
breakthroughs that are made when he was working experiment was not possible modifications was an
this important. late in the laboratory one to guess. increase in the product’s
night. efficiency.
There is a trade off There is a trade off The downside/drawback The biggest
between the performance of between making the battery of this material is the cost. drawback/downside
the engine and the need for bigger and increasing the of the product was its
it to be economical. weight of the product. reliability.
The engine used in the Over 100,000 kilometres, The fact it doesn’t work Even though it had a
early model had many this vehicle had no underwater is a major number of drawbacks,
breakdowns. breakdowns. drawback. the first design was
chosen.
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