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colour death film fire generationhealth intelligence labour railway recipesound space tea television tennistomatoB.accountagealarmbagbarbarriercourtpenaltytestbookdonorsetbrigadegapsoupcentrelinestarclockmarketstationEXERCISE 190Expressions like walking shoes may mean either:1) shoes for walking, and then we have a compound noun.In this case we stress the first word only, and sometimes use a hyphen.2) shoes which are walking, and then we have a noun and an adjective.In this case we stress both words and never use a hyphen.Decide which of the following are compound nouns.1. 100 degrees Centigrade is the boiling point2. Fetch some boiling water for our tea.3. Could I borrow a frying pan.<strong>4.</strong> Yesterday I bought a new pair of running shoes.5. I often fish in that running stream.6. My English professor is a walking dictionary.7. After the volcanic eruption everything was covered with boiling lava.8. I need some writing paper, please.9. I spent the whole day writing a paper for my history class.
10. Put it away, it is not drinking water.EXERCISE 191*Combine the verbs with prepositions to form compound nouns.The meaning of the needed compound noun is given in brackets.break... (failure)break... (important discovery)check-... (cash-desk)break-... (escape)break-... (finish)crack-... (action against)cut...(reduction)draw...(negative aspect)drop...(person who rejects society)fall...(radioactive dust)feed... (comment)print... (printed information)shake-... (change)turn... (change; money earned andspent)lay-...road)set-...take...walk-...(parking at the side of a(start)(purchase by another firm)(strike)...-pass (secondary road)... put (information that is put in)...break (start)...come(conclusion)
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