Work in pairs. Use the words in the box to make compound nouns. Then make sentences with them.
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Example: There are many factors that contribute to global warming.
1. wildlife
2. swimming pool
3. sea level
4. mobile phone
Read the Learn this! box. Then look at the compound nouns in exercise 2. Underline at least one example of each type (1, 2 and 3). Which type has the most examples?
LEARN THIS! Compound nouns a. Compound nouns are nouns formed from two words. 1. noun + noun (bathroom, safety barrier) 2. -ing form + noun (dining room, recording studio) 3. adjective + noun (wet room, whiteboard) b. We usually write compound nouns as two words, but sometimes as one word (whiteboard) or with a hyphen (make-up). Check in a dictionary. c. The stress is usually on the first word. |
Type 1: flood lights, football pitch, mountain range, tennis court, safety net, sea shore, tennis player. tower block.
(Loại 1: đèn pha, sân bóng đá, dãy núi, sân tennis, lưới an toàn, bờ biển, người chơi tennis, tòa tháp.)
Type 2: swimming pool.
(Loại 2: bể bơi.)
Type 3: main road.
(Loại 3: đường chính.)
=> Type 1 has the most examples.
(Loại 1 có nhiều ví dụ nhất.)
Match the two halves of the compound nouns. Then check your answers in the text. Use the compound nouns to complete the sentences below.
Voluntary jobs
Tourist Work
Part time Instructor
Conservation alps
French industry
Ski. Project
1. They are working on a ... to protect tigers
2. Iam doing three different...to pay for my university studies
3. Languages are useful for people who work in the ...
4. My grandmother doesn't work for money but she does .... at our local school
5. In the winter he is a .... but in the summer he teaches surfing
6. Chamonix is a famous ski resort in the....
Match the two halves of the compound nouns. Then check your answers in the text. Use the compound nouns to complete the sentences below.
Voluntary jobs
Tourist Work
Part time Instructor
Conservation alps
French industry
Ski. Project
-> Compound nouns : voluntary work, tourism industry, part-time jobs, conservation project, French alps, ski instructor
1. They are working on a conservation project to protect tigers
2. Iam doing three different part-time jobs to pay for my university studies
3. Languages are useful for people who work in the tourism industry
4. My grandmother doesn't work for money but she does voluntary work at our local school5. In the winter he is a ski instructor but in the summer he teaches surfing
6. Chamonix is a famous ski resort in the French alps
Match the two halves of the compound nouns. Then check your answers in the text. Use the compound nouns to complete the sentences below.
Voluntary jobs
Tourist Work
Part time Instructor
Conservation alps
French industry
Ski. Project
1. They are working on a ..conservation alps. to protect tigers
2. Iam doing three different.French industry..to pay for my university studies
3. Languages are useful for people who work in the tourist work...
4. My grandmother doesn't work for money but she does .. voluntary jobs.. at our local school
5. In the winter he is a part time instructor but in the summer he teaches surfing
6. Chamonix is a famous ski resort in the.....ski. project.
Use the word school and the words in the box to make compound nouns. Listen and check. Which types of school can you see in the photos?
boarding school
boarding holidays home leavers mixied primary rules secondary single-sex uniform |
boarding school; school holidays; home school
school leavers; mixed school; primary school
school rules; secondary school; singer-sex school
school uniform
Use the words in the box to form compound nouns mentioned in 1. Match them with the meanings below.
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1. a change in the earth's weather conditions | __________ |
2. things that exist in nature and can be used by people | __________ |
3. land protected by the government because of its natural beauty or special history | __________ |
4. basic materials used to make products |
1 - climate change
2 - nutural resources
3 - national park
4 - raw materials
* Match the words in column A with the words in column B to form compound nouns.
| A | B |
| 1. jet 2. out 3. fire 4. sun 5. soft 6. take 7. high 8. birth 9. sight 10. under 11. green 12. check 13. passer 14. tourist 15. cycling | by – ………………………… set – …………………………… lag – …………………………… off – …………………………… out – …………………………… put – …………………………… tour – …………………………… way – …………………………… ware – …………………………… work – …………………………… place – …………………………… house – …………………………… seeing – …………………………… ground – …………………………… attraction – …………………………… |
VOCABULARY Match a-g with 1-7 to make compound nouns. They are all in the texts.
Compound nouns
1. rubbish | a. bed |
2. sofa | b. containers |
3. front | c. door |
4. dining | d. dump |
5. shipping | e. estate |
6. housing | f. flat |
7. studio | g. table |
1. rubbish dump
2. sofa bed
3. front door
4. dining table
5. shipping containers
6. housing estate
7. studio flat
1 - d. rubbish dump: bãi rác
2 - a. sofa bed: giường sofa
3 - c. front door: cửa trước
4 - g. dining table: bàn ăn
5 - b. shipping containers: container chở hàng
6 - e. housing estate: nhà ở
7 - f. studio flat: căn hộ studio
Use the following compound nouns to complete the sentences below.
Let’s make sure that we stay at a hotel with a _______________.
GAME. Word games
Work in groups. Think of six nouns related to each of the topics below, in which three nouns are countable and three nouns are uncountable. The group that comes up with the correct six words first wins.
- Leisure time
- Living in the mountains
Leisure time (Thời gian rảnh)
Uncountable (Không đếm được): fun (niềm vui), walking (đi bộ), cooking (nấu ăn), swimming (bơi), information (thông tin), patience (sự kiên nhẫn), ...
Countable (Đếm được): film (phim), book (sách), tree (cây), experience (kinh nghiệm), picture (tranh), ...
Living in the mountains (Sống trên núi)
Uncountable (Không đếm được): thunder (sấm), snow (tuyết), heat (nhiệt), wind (gió), light (ánh sáng), water (nước), ...
Countable (Đếm được): radio (đài), photo (ảnh), tomato (cà chua), crops (nông sản), house (nhà), forest (rừng),...
