Compound adjectives
A compound adjective has two parts. We usually write it with a hyphen(-)
e.g. red-haired green-eyed
form:
the second part of the compound adjective is often:
1- present participle:
Good-looking tight-fitting
2- a past participle:
Old-fashioned well-built
3- a preposition:
Broken-down well-off
4- another adjective:
brand-new duty-free
use:
we can use compound adjectives to describe :
1-physical appearance:
Broad-shouldered dark-haired good-looking
2- personality:
Good-tempered open-minded
3- places:
Wide-open built-up
4- everyday objects:
Worn-out hand-made man-made
assignment:
Match items from the two lists to make compound adjectives.try to use some of the compound adjectives in sentences.
A-Broad- narrow-well- red-good-bad-left-absent-open-long-kind
B-Minded-built-dressed-eyed-haired-looking-handed-tempered-hearted-known-fingered
You can take a look at the following links :
http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/hyphens_lessons.htm
A compound adjective has two parts. We usually write it with a hyphen(-)
e.g. red-haired green-eyed
form:
the second part of the compound adjective is often:
1- present participle:
Good-looking tight-fitting
2- a past participle:
Old-fashioned well-built
3- a preposition:
Broken-down well-off
4- another adjective:
brand-new duty-free
use:
we can use compound adjectives to describe :
1-physical appearance:
Broad-shouldered dark-haired good-looking
2- personality:
Good-tempered open-minded
3- places:
Wide-open built-up
4- everyday objects:
Worn-out hand-made man-made
assignment:
Match items from the two lists to make compound adjectives.try to use some of the compound adjectives in sentences.
A-Broad- narrow-well- red-good-bad-left-absent-open-long-kind
B-Minded-built-dressed-eyed-haired-looking-handed-tempered-hearted-known-fingered
You can take a look at the following links :
http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/hyphens_lessons.htm