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What are the following people?

(a)	An ornilhologist	thl	A drainalist	to)	A misogynist
(b)	A philatelist	li)	A seismologist	(P	A somnambulist
(0	A femrnist	(j>	A manicurist	(q)	A sinologist
(cfl	A numismatist	(k)	A pharmacist	(r)	A chiropodist
(e)	A philanthropist	(1)	A meteorologist	(s)	A graphologist
(f)	A pathologist	(m)	An arsonist
(g)	A linguist	(n)	A taxidermist

Compound Adjectives

Rewrite each of the sentences below, forming a compound adjective from the two words in italics and making any other changes necessary.

E.g. The journey took ten hours.

They make these chocoiates by hand.

Her hat caught everyone's eye.

The doctor was trained in Germany. .

The memory was both bitter and sweet.

Answers: It was a ten-hour journey.

These chocoiates are hand-made.

She wore an eye-catching hat.

He's a German-trained doctor.

It was a bitter-sweet memory.

1

(a)    That thing looks dangerous.

(b)    Mr Reed is an accountant wlio was born in London.

(c)    She always dresses very smartly.

<d) It was painted red like the colour of bricks.

(e)    She had eyes like a cat.

(f)    It was an occasion which was happy and sad at the same time.

(g)    The tower has a shape like a mushroom.

(h)    He was famous all over the world.

(i)    We had to write a composition of 200 words.

2

(a)    The meal tasted awful.

(b)    Only planes with a single engine can land here.

(c)    A building of five storeys suddenly collapsed.

(d)    We walked along a corridor which had a red carpet.

(e)    This machinę is operated by hand.

(f)    The new director is an economist educated at Oxford.

(g)    He has very broad shoulders.

(h)    She's always very satisfied with herself.

(i)    My sister is very conscious of dress.

3

vd> We’ll have a guide who speaks French.

iW The walls were as blue as the sky.

I looked at the sea, which was rathei blue but also rather green.

^d) The ship sailed with a crew of eight men.

tel She had fair hair.

tft The new machinery, built in America, will arrive next month.

(g)    I heard a voice that sounded strange.

(h)    These tigers eat men.

(i)    He always has a bad temper.

4

(a)    The experiment was done with balloons filled with gas.

(b)    My teenage son is mad about football.

(c)    l'm afraid my wife spends very freely.

(d)    He certainly has good intentions.

(e)    They have very bad manners.

(f)    The firm has its base in New York.

(g)    Those cars are a very high price.

(h)    The noise split our ears!

(i)    I need a car with four doors.

Noun Plurals

1    Put the words in brackets into the sentences, in the correct order, in their

plural forms.

(a) A large number of_fied in fear when a flock of_suddenly

landed within a few_of them. (mouse, foot, goose)

(b)    Automobile_have all too many_to tell of_in deliveries

of the special security_and are considering ways of manufacturing their

own. (key, company, delay, story)

(c)    Security_believe the_climbed along the_of several

houses before forcing open an upper window of the office building with

_and escaping with the contents of two    . (safe, chief, knife,

thief, roof)

(d)    With the help of old_, war-time Paris was recreated in the film_

for the film '_of War', in which all the_were played by unknown

actors. (echo, studio, hero, photo)

(e)    _were surprised when no fewer than six_in fuli uniform,

carrying_, arrived in_to attend a series of_. (court-

martial, brief-case, passer-by, commander-in-chief, police car)

(0 The farmer's_and some wild_were sometimes alarmed by

low-flying_. (deer, aircraft, sheep)

2    Write these words in their plural forms.

(a)	crisis	(f)	stratum
(b)	chateau	(g)	thesis
(0	memorandum	(h)	phenomenon
(d)	analysis	(i)	criterion
(e)	bureau	(i)	medium