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Compound Adjectives Guide

This document describes different types of compound adjectives in English. It provides examples of adjectives combined with nouns, adverbs, present and past participles. Some common patterns include adjective + adjective, adjective/adverb/noun + present/past participle, adjective + noun + -ed, and other combinations like drive-in or four-letter. The document serves as a reference for properly forming compound adjectives in English.

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Compound Adjectives Guide

This document describes different types of compound adjectives in English. It provides examples of adjectives combined with nouns, adverbs, present and past participles. Some common patterns include adjective + adjective, adjective/adverb/noun + present/past participle, adjective + noun + -ed, and other combinations like drive-in or four-letter. The document serves as a reference for properly forming compound adjectives in English.

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COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

a dark-blue uniform
adj. adj.
Adjective / noun + adjective
a navy - blue hat
nom adj.

an old - looking building


adj. part. prsent

Adjective, adverb or noun + present a fast - running horse


participle adv. part. prsent

a heart - breaking story


nom part. prsent

an old - established tradition


adj. part. pass

Adjective, adverb or noun + past participle a well - known actor


adv. part. Pass

a home - made cake


nom part. pass
a green - eyed boy
Adjective + noun + ED a red - roofed house
a blue - uniformed soldier
a bad - tempered man
a drive - in restaurant
a four - letter word
Other a fifteen - year - old boy
the 9.45 train
a one - way street
a second - hand car
1. A man who has got white teeth is ..
2. A train which moves slowly is ...
3. A mountain on which some snow has fallen down is ....
4. People who don't easily see with the ideas of the others are ....
5. A tablecloth which is very white is ....
6. A flower which smells nice is ....
7. Someone who plays tennis is ....
8. A woman who's got blond hair is ....
9. A baby who is seven months old is ....
10. A polite child is a ....
11. A lamp whose shade is red is ....
12. Dresses which are as yellow as a lemon are ....
13. Someone who is tolerant and placid is ....
Answers:
1. a white-toothed man
2. a slow-moving train
3. a snow-covered mountain
4. narrow-minded people
5. a snow-white tablecloth
6. a sweet-smelling flower
7. a tennis-playing person
8. a fair-haired woman
9. a seven-month-old baby
10. a well-brought up child
11. a red-shaded lamp
12. lemon-yellow dresses
13. an easy-going person

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