Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica

20 Compound Adjectives
Compound adjectives are made up of two or more words, usually written with hyphens between them.
There are many different ways of forming compound adjectives, but the most frequent are:
(a) adjective or number + past participle:
an old-fashioned theory
(b) adjective or adverb + past participle:
heavily-populated regions
(c) adjective, adverb or noun + -ING form
coal-exporting nations low-lying areas
(d) number + singular countable noun:
a five-year plan a six-week training course
Exercise 1
Form as many compound adjectives as possible with the words below:
1) ____________ - class
2) ____________ - time
3) ____________ - free
4) ____________ - handed
5) well- ___________
Exercise 2
Combine the words from the box to make compound adjectives, and
complete the definitions.
short user up produced
mouth mass price watering
hard good friendly sighted
half open mouthed looking
1) A person suffering from myopia is
2) Someone who is physically attractive is
3) Food which looks and / or smells good is
4) Someone who has very little money is
5) Something manufactured in very large quantities is
6) Someone is if they are amazed or astonished.
7) A program or machine that is easy to use is
8) If something is sold at , it costs 50% less than it did before.
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