Exercise 5. Match the following parts of compound nouns and then fill in the blanks in the sentences using the most appropriate compound.

Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with nouns derived from the words in capitals.

Складені іменники утворюються шляхом поєднання двох слів (іноді з прийменником між ними), які складають одне поняття: stepfather - вітчим, weatherman – синоптик, parents-in-law – батьки чоловіка або дружини, breadwinner - годівник.

Exercise 5. Match the following parts of compound nouns and then fill in the blanks in the sentences using the most appropriate compound.

1 They should put a............................. outside the school so that children don't get run over.

2 It's freezing in here - why don't you get............................... installed?

3 When I don't have time to cook I send the kids out to get some................................

4 Is the................................ you get from your parents enough for your needs?

5 Can you send the................................ quickly - the house next door is on fire.

6 When you leave primary school and get to............................., lessons get much more difficult.

7 He'll never think of such a simple solution because he hasn't got any................................

8 Who's got the......................... for the TV? I'm bored with this programme.

9 Could you get my suit from the........................... for me on your way home?

10 After the last break-in, they decided to get a............................ installed.

Exercise 6. Complete the phrases in (i) with a word from (ii) and then use them in the sentences below. To help you, the meaning of the phrase is given in brackets.

(i) (ii)

1 Although the Managing Director of Transcom was involved in major decisions, she left the.... day-to-day..... running of the company to her staff. (routine)

2 The Party will never regain power unless it can persuade …………voters that it has got rid itself of corruption. (not politically extreme)

3 Since the attempt to assassinate him last year, the Defence Minister has been given......................... protection by the police. (all day and all night)

4 The bookcase came with simple,.................. instructions on how to assemble it. (progressing from one stage to the next)

5 When the comet passes close to Earth next week, scientists will have a………... opportunity to study its effects on our atmosphere. (very rare)

6 Terry has a refreshing,................... approach to management. He's much less concerned with theory than with getting things done in the most efficient way possible. (practical)

7 The...................... isn't interested in the finer points of the government's tax policy. They just want to know if they are going to take home more or less pay. (ordinary person)

8 Her father was a …… character who was well known throughout the village for his eccentric way of dressing and outspoken views. (more exaggerated than usual)

Exercise 7. Each space in the paragraph below is preceded by an " opportunity for error" (in bold font) in the formation of compounds. If the compound structure is correct, write a C in the space; if it is incorrect, write an I.

UNHAPPY IN NEW YORK

Two and a half.............years ago, my fifty-two year-old............. brother-in-law............., a highly-respected............. (and, might I add, well paid.............) vice president.............of a bank, moved to the forty-third.............floor of a high-rise.............apartment building in New York City. The building was brand-new.............and still about three-quarters.............empty. For us, this was unheard of.............luxury, and I remember standing in my in-laws'............. living-room............., looking out at all those sky-scrapers.............and down on Central Park under a full-moon.............in a coal-black.............sky, and thinking, " This is it! This is the best the twentieth-century.............has to offer! "

But my sister's-in-law.............reaction was not a happy one. We should've known all-along.............that our little understood.............and long-suffering.............relative would not be overly happy.............in that over-populated.............environment. In fact, her resistance to living there was greater than expected.............. In a matter-of-fact.............moment, and in her usual self-confident.............and thought provoking.............way, she said, " When I'm fifty five............. years of age............., I'll be out of here."

And she was nearly-right............., too, for a year-and-a-half.............later, they'd left behind the rat-race.............pace and helter skelter............. lifestyle.............of Manhattan's upper-west-side.............and moved back to their much-loved.............and happily familiar.............suburban hide-away.............in upstate-New-York............., northeast.............of Albany.