COMPOUND NOUNS Lesson 4 English for Industrial Engineers

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1 COMPOUND NOUNS Lesson 4 English for Industrial Engineers
A Compilation for Elementary Students

2 Compare a maths book; a geography book; a physics book, which are all books commonly found in schools, to a book about pollution, NOT a pollution book.

3 "of + sustantivo“ Cuando el poseedor es un objeto o un ser inanimado: The name of the street The temperature of the water b) Cuando el poseedor es una persona o un animal pero va seguido por una oración subordinada que lo define: The car of the man who lives beside me The claws of the cat that attacked my son

4 We are going to concentrate here on the noun + noun form: bed + room = bedroom
police + officer = police officer, etc.

5 There are three different ways to form this type of compound noun:
‘The closed form’ , in which the words are melded together, such as firefly …keyboard …notebook;

6 ‘The hyphenated form’, such as sky-scraper … ski-boot … girl-friend;

7 and ‘The open form’, such as post office … history book … mineral water."

8 Compound nouns (NOUN + NOUN)
La estructura: "sustantivo A + sustantivo B" se utiliza cuando: El "sustantivo A" representa el objeto del que forma parte el "sustantivo B": Museum entry Shop window b) El "sustantivo A" señala el lugar en el que se encuentra el "sustantivo B": Beach bar City theatre

9 c) El "sustantivo A" señala el tiempo al que corresponde el "sustantivo B":
Winter festival Sunday mass d) El "sustantivo A" indica el material del que está hecho el "sustantivo B": Gold ring Silver cufflinks

10 e) El "sustantivo A" indica la finalidad del "sustantivo B":
Tennis racket Boxing gloves f) El "sustantivo A" da información sobre el "sustantivo B": Car park Bus ticket

11 Exercise to test your knowledge:
Une las palabras entre paréntesis utilizando la estructura "of + (the) noun" o "compound nouns" según convenga: (tournament / summer) (number / victims) (engine / car) (bottle / plastic) (school / driving) (airport / city) (tie / silk) (course / winter) (colour / sky) (centre / town)

12 19.(bag / tea) 20.(gate / iron) 21.(level / sea) 22.(shade / tree) 23.(shop / shoe) 24.(weight / box) 25.(evening / Saturday) (cost / life) (belt / safety) (length / beach) (bill / telephone) (roof / house) (toilet / restaurant) (shorts / boxer) (bridge / river)