Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 1. Словообразование. Маковецкая Н.А - 29 стр.

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Lady-bird, nobleman, masterpiece, red-handed, lady-killer, kill-joy, pickpocket,
man-eater, straight-haired, good-for-nothing, new-fashioned, to whitewash, bird's
eye, bell-hop.

Exercise 12. Give the plural of the following words:
Sister-in-law, man-of-war, man-eater, editor-in-chief, cast-away, stay-at-home,
mother's mark, dress-hanger, footstep, stand-point.

Exercise 13. Identify the compounds in the word-groups below. Say as much as
you can about their structure and semantics of the compounds below.

a) Emily, our maid-of-all-work; a heavy snowfall; an automobile salesman; corn-
coloured chiffon; vehicle searchlights; little titbit in The Afro-American; German
A.A. fire; a born trouble-shooter; to disembark a stowaway; an old schoolmate; a
cagelike crate; a slightly stoop-shouldered man; a somewhat matter-of-fact
manner; a fur-lined boot; to pick forget-me-nots and lilies-of-the-valley; a small T-
shirt; a sportscar agency.
b) Pigeon English, pigeon-hole, middle-class, butter-fingers, soft-hearted, cry-
baby, peace-loving, blue-bottle, sleepyhead, art-lovers, garden-party, hide-and-
seek, life-long, bull's eye, weather beaten (face), dark-eyed, snow-white, rough-
looking.
c) Red-hot, heart-broken, stay-at-home, Anglo-Saxon, sunfish, will-to-live, passer-
by, mother-in-law, child-like, up-to-date, corn-coloured, statesman, dancing-hall,
three-petalled.

Exercise 14. Make compound adjectives by joining the noun-stem from column A
and the verb-stem from column B. Make the necessary changes. Use them in
sentences of your own.
Example: snow + cover(ed) → snow-covered

                   A                                              B
                  Wind                                          pack
                 Leather                                        train
                 Velvet                                         blow
                  Sun                                           wash
                  Moth                                          burn
                 Pencil                                        cover
                 Lemon                                         splash
                  Wave                                        scribble
                  Mud                                           scent
                University                                     cover
                  Dew                                           bind
                 Crowd                                           eat