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Exercises

12.1 Match words from the box on the left with words from the box on the right to form 12
compound adjectives.

good well new known
easy north written class
ten short looking sleeved
brand badly hand handed
part left going east
first second time pound

12.2 For each word below, find two words which will combine with it to form different
compound adjectives. Cover the left-hand page first.
well badly handed

time east

12.3 Complete the compound adjectives in these sentences.
1 They were both wearing short-................ shirts.
2 We stayed in a five-................ hotel.
3 There is a shop in London which sells things for left-................ people.
4 He’s just bought a brand-................ car.
5 The airport is about ten miles south-................ of the city centre.
6 One little girl was very badly-................ ; she kept shouting during lunch and then threw
food all over the floor.
7 She’s just got a... -time job; she works three hours a day on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
8 It was a very badly-.....00..000.... article: I noticed several punctuation mistakes and lots of
spelling mistakes.
9 They’re very well-.....00........ , so they can afford to go to expensive restaurants.
10 It’s a twenty-......0..000.... walk to the house, but it takes much less than that in the car.
11 She’s got a little stall in the market where she sells second-................ things.
12 When I saw her last night, she was dancing with a very good-................ young man ina
white suit.
13 I was astonished when the man at the next table gave the waiter a ten-................ note as
a tip.
14 Have you ever met a well-................ actor or politician?
15 [had a nice time with my cousin — he’s good company and very easy-.................

12.4 Write ten sentences about yourself and use a different compound adjective from the opposite
page in each one. You can describe yourself, your personality, your family, your clothes, the
place where you live, the journeys you make, etc. Try to do this exercise with a friend and see
who can finish first.

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