Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 1. Словообразование. Маковецкая Н.А - 27 стр.

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7 driving G knife
8 filling H can
9 paving I water
10 walking J site
11 fishing K cream
12 sleeping L space
13 ironing M station
14 washing N stick
15 drinking O board
Exercise 7. Match the word from Column A with another word from Column B to
form ten compound adjectives.
Example: home-made
A B
air conditioned
brand controlled
hard fashioned
home hand
labour made
mass new
old produced
remote proof
second saving
water wearing
Exercise 8.
a) Look at the compound adjectives below and answer the questions that follow.
Long-winded, neatly-clipped, well-behaved, quick-drying, energy-saving, well-
adjusted, ill-fated, well-connected, cross-eyed, tight-fisted, narrow-wasted, sour-
faced, double-breasted, slim-hipped, pot-bellied, thin-skinned.
1) Which of the adjectives can be used to describe personal qualities or behaviour?
2) Which of them are used to describe things?
b) Fill each blank below with the proper adjective.
1. Your children are … . They were as good as gold.
2. This is … work.
3. They have invented a new … device.
4. She just felt the expedition was somehow … : she knew in her bones that
something was going wrong.
5. She’s very … . She always uses ten words where two will do.
6. She’s so … . She can easily get on with other people.
7. Behind a large desk sat a well-groomed young man: impeccable haircut, tie
perfectly in place, … moustache.
8. He’s … . He knows a lot of influential people. 
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7 driving                               G knife
8 filling                               H can
9 paving                                I water
10 walking                              J site
11 fishing                              K cream
12 sleeping                             L space
13 ironing                              M station
14 washing                              N stick
15 drinking                             O board

Exercise 7. Match the word from Column A with another word from Column B to
form ten compound adjectives.
Example: home-made
     A                             B
    air                        conditioned
    brand                      controlled
    hard                       fashioned
    home                        hand
    labour                      made
    mass                        new
    old                         produced
    remote                      proof
    second                      saving
    water                       wearing

Exercise 8.
a) Look at the compound adjectives below and answer the questions that follow.
Long-winded, neatly-clipped, well-behaved, quick-drying, energy-saving, well-
adjusted, ill-fated, well-connected, cross-eyed, tight-fisted, narrow-wasted, sour-
faced, double-breasted, slim-hipped, pot-bellied, thin-skinned.
1) Which of the adjectives can be used to describe personal qualities or behaviour?
2) Which of them are used to describe things?

b) Fill each blank below with the proper adjective.
1. Your children are … . They were as good as gold.
2. This is … work.
3. They have invented a new … device.
4. She just felt the expedition was somehow … : she knew in her bones that
   something was going wrong.
5. She’s very … . She always uses ten words where two will do.
6. She’s so … . She can easily get on with other people.
7. Behind a large desk sat a well-groomed young man: impeccable haircut, tie
   perfectly in place, … moustache.
8. He’s … . He knows a lot of influential people.

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