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Select the correct order of the adjectives in these sentences.1. He invited that ___ lady to dinner. 2. These are ___ products. 3. Why can't you wear your ___ dress tonight? 4. The boy needs ___ balls for that activity 5. I've booked that ___ table on the corner. 6. Mary's husband gave her a ___ vase. 7. He broke Mother's ___ milk jug. 8. My brother wants to meet that ___ girl. 9. What do you plan to do with these ___ bottles? 10. That ___ woman needs help. 11. There are two ___ dresses in her closet. 12. Tom never lets his sister drive his ___ car. 13. When traveling to Peru, make sure you visit the ___ ruins. 14. She sells ___ cookies. 15. The room was decorated with ___ balloons. Sometimes you need to use two or more adjectives to describe something or someone. Part of becoming fluent in English is knowing which order to use these adjectives in. Choose the most natural-sounding response:
1. He was wearing a ________ shirt. 2. Pass me the ________ cups. 3. All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher. 4. I used to drive ________ car. 5. He recently married a ________ woman. 6. This is a ________ movie. 7. She is a ________ supermodel. 8. It's in the ________ container. 9. He sat behind a ________ desk. 10. She gave him a ________ vase.
Nouns Combinations
COMPOUND NOUNS Words can be combined to form compound nouns. These are very common, and new combinations are invented almost daily. They normally have two parts. The first part tells us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is. The second part identifies the object or person in question. Compound nouns often have a meaning that is different, or more specific, than the two separate words.
You have noticed that the compound noun can be written either as a single word, as a word with a hyphen, or as two words. There are no clear rules about this. A good rule of thumb is to write the most common compound nouns as one word, and the others as two words. The elements in a compound noun are very diverse parts of speech.
PRONUNCIATION Stress is important in pronunciation, as it distinguishes between a compound noun and an adjective with a noun. In compound nouns, the stress usually falls on the first syllable. EXAMPLES
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