1. EL001 Pre-Pathway Module 2010 Grammar and Vocabulary Development Session 9 Compound adjectives

2. 1.An actor who people know well is a ____________________ actor. 2.Literature from the twentieth century is ____________________ literature. 3.An English teacher who is twenty nine years old is a ____________________ English teacher. 4.A story that breaks your heart is a ____________________ story. 5.A country where people speak English is an ____________________ country. 6.A man who has had his heart broken is a ______________________ man. 7.A cake that was made at home is a ____________________ cake. 8.Effects that reach far are ____________________ effects. 9.A fraction that is “heavier” at the top is a ____________________ fraction. well-known twentieth-century twenty-nine-year-old heart-breaking English-speaking heart-broken / broken-hearted home-made far-reaching top-heavy

3. 10.An approach that looks down from the top is a ____________________ approach. 11.Walls that are as thin as paper are ____________________ walls. 12.Patterns that are like stars are ____________________ patterns. 13.Milk that is free of fat is ____________________ milk. 14.Software that is friendly to users is ____________________ software. 15.A victory that is bitter and sweet is a ____________________ victory. 16.A bag that is light green is a ____________________ bag. 17.A footballer who uses his left foot is a ____________________ player. 18.A boy with blue eyes is a ____________________ boy. top-down paper-thin star-like fat-free user-friendly bitter-sweet light-green* left-footed blue-eyed** *Consider how the meaning would be different without the hyphen (“a light green bag”) **If these last two examples seem strange to you, how much stranger would it be if we said “brown hairy girl” instead of “brown-haired girl”?

4. From Carter, R. and McCarthy, M. (2006) Cambridge Grammar of English, Cambridge University Press, p.481 -most compound adjectives end in an adjective (including participle adjectives) They can be divided into the following categories: Object + participle: English-speaking, confidence-boosting, heart-broken, heart- breaking Verb complement + participle : far-reaching, home-made, Subject + predicative complement: top-heavy Comparative : paper-thin Adjective + complement: fat-free, user-friendly Adjective + adjective head: bitter-sweet, light-green (compare light green bag with light-green bag) Some adjective compounds formed by adding an –ed inflection to an existing adjective : right-angled, left-handed