1. COMPOUND NOUNS Lesson 4 English for Industrial Engineers A Compilation for Elementary Students

2. Compare a maths book; a geography book; a physics book, which are all books commonly found in schools, to a book about pollution, NOT a pollution book.

3. "of + sustantivo“ a)Cuando el poseedor es un objeto o un ser inanimado: The name of the street The temperature of the water b) Cuando el poseedor es una persona o un animal pero va seguido por una oración subordinada que lo define: The car of the man who lives beside me The claws of the cat that attacked my son

4. We are going to concentrate here on the noun + noun form: bed + room = bedroom police + officer = police officer, etc.

5. There are three different ways to form this type of compound noun : 1.‘The closed form’, in which the words are melded together, such as firefly …keyboard …notebook;

6. 2.‘The hyphenated form’, such as sky-scraper … ski-boot … girl-friend;

7. 3.and ‘The open form’, such as post office … history book … mineral water."

8. Compound nouns (NOUN + NOUN) La estructura: "sustantivo A + sustantivo B" se utiliza cuando: a)El "sustantivo A" representa el objeto del que forma parte el "sustantivo B": Museum entry Shop window b) El "sustantivo A" señala el lugar en el que se encuentra el "sustantivo B": Beach bar City theatre

9. c) El "sustantivo A" señala el tiempo al que corresponde el "sustantivo B": Winter festival Sunday mass d) El "sustantivo A" indica el material del que está hecho el "sustantivo B": Gold ring Silver cufflinks

10. e) El "sustantivo A" indica la finalidad del "sustantivo B": Tennis racket Boxing gloves f) El "sustantivo A" da información sobre el "sustantivo B": Car park Bus ticket

11. Exercise to test your knowledge: Une las palabras entre paréntesis utilizando la estructura "of + (the) noun" o "compound nouns" según convenga: 1.(tournament / summer) 2.(number / victims) 3.(engine / car) 4.(bottle / plastic) 5.(school / driving) 6.(airport / city) 7.(tie / silk) 8.(course / winter) 9.(colour / sky) 10.(centre / town)

12. Exercise to test your knowledge: Une las palabras entre paréntesis utilizando la estructura "of + (the) noun" o "compound nouns" según convenga: 1.(tournament / summer) = summer tournament 2.(number / victims) = number of victims 3.(engine / car) = car engine 4.(bottle / plastic) = plastic bottle 5.(school / driving) = driving school 6.(airport / city) = city airport 7.(tie / silk) = silk tie 8.(course / winter) = winter course 9.(colour / sky) = colour of the sky 10.(centre / town) = town centre

13. 11.(cost / life) = 12.(belt / safety) = 13.(length / beach)= 14.(bill / telephone)= 15. (roof / house)= 16.(toilet / restaurant) = 17.(shorts / boxer) = 18.(bridge / river) = 19.(bag / tea) = 20.(gate / iron) = 21.(level / sea) = 22.(shade / tree)= 23.(shop / shoe) = 24.(weight / box) = 25.(evening / Saturday) =

14. 11.(cost / life) = cost of life 12.(belt / safety) = safety belt 13.(length / beach)= length of the beach 14.(bill / telephone)= telephone bill 15. (roof / house)= roof of the house 16.(toilet / restaurant) = restaurant toilet 17.(shorts / boxer) = boxer shorts 18.(bridge / river) = river bridge 19.(bag / tea) = tea bag 20.(gate / iron) = iron gate 21.(level / sea) = sea level 22.(shade / tree)= shade of the tree 23.(shop / shoe) = shoe shop 24.(weight / box) = weight of the box 25.(evening / Saturday) = Saturday evening