Question

A. Insert the appropriate compound adjectives.



I have just discovered an insect with many legs that eats fungus in my carrot patch.

I have just discovered a _______________________ insect in my carrot patch.



It has red knees and flat feet.

It is _________________________.



My professors refuse to believe in my discovery because they have narrow minds; besides, these old fools drink carrot juice!

My professors refuse to believe in my discovery because they are ______________________; besides, they are _________________________ fools!



The surgeon pulled out a worm that was thirty-five centimeters long.

The surgeon pulled out a _______________________ worm.



B. Convert the descriptions of the underlined noun phrases into attributive adjectives.



1. Her daughter is a ping-pong player who slams hard. She has a ...



2. It looked like a trophy that had been hard to win. It looked like a ...



3. Our sumo champion weighs 200 kilograms. We have a ...



4. After that T.V. program, our baby’s hair turned green. We now have a ...



5. The tail of the lizard I caught was three feet long. I caught a lizard with ...





C. Rewrite the sentences, converting the descriptions into attributive adjectives.



1. He weighs 200 kilograms and has won the sumo championship three times.



2. I bought a chain-saw for three-hundred dollars and sliced up my neighbour’s new fence, which was nearly thirty meters long.



3. She writes poems with her right hand and gives compliments with her left.



D. Make a compound adjective out of the underlined phrase, and write it with the word(s) in bold-face.

e.g.: "Her daughter‘s eyes are crossed." >>> "cross-eyed daughter"

1. The farmer's pony finally died when it was ten years old.

2. His wife, like himself, had a peculiarly sinister mind.

3. She pointed out to her husband that his position did not pay

very well,and that sanitation costs were very high.

4. She suggested a clever plan to save money.

5. They dug a huge hole six feet deep in the ground.

6. This project took them six hours and twenty-five minutes.

7. Then they dropped the pony in the hole. The "thump" sound would have made your blood curdle.

8. Their horrified neighbours came running, some carrying First Aid kits, others camcorders. This is not surprising at all! These people were all educated by television, and all their lives, they had watched programs that numb the mind and erode the I.Q.

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