English Word Skills Exercises for B1 – Compound nouns and adjectives

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1. Complete the sports venues with the words below. Then use six of them to label the photos.

basketball bowling boxing court football golf
ice room studio swimming track wall
1)
alley
2)
course
3)
athletics
4)
rink
5)
tennis
6)
ring
7)
court
8)
dance
9)
climbing
10)
pitch
11)
weights
12)
pool

2. Match the words to make more compound nouns. Use each word only once.

1)
mountain
2)
flood
3)
main
4)
sea
5)
tennis
6)
safety
7)
tower
a)
road
b)
block
c)
net
d)
range
e)
player
f)
shore
g)
lights

3. Complete the table with compound nouns from exercise 1 and 2. Write two in column A, three in column B and four in column C.

A adjective + noun	B -ing form + noun

C noun + noun

4. Complete the compound adjectives in the sentences with the words below.

25)
air full open sound well
1)
It’s an amazing house. There’s a -sized bowling alley in the basement!
2)
There’s also a new -air swimming pool in the garden.
3)
Is it healthy to spend all day in -conditioned offices?
4)
The gym has a -equipped weights room.
5)
She reached the top of the -metre climbing wall in less than a minute.
6)
They record the podcasts in a proof room.

VOCAB BOOST!

Many compound adjectives are not in the dictionary because they are formed from other words. When you come across a new compound adjective, you need to work out the meaning by look at the words which form it.

a three-wheeled motorbike = a motorbike with three wheels

a well-drawn picture = a picture which has been drawn well

5. Read the Vocab boost! box. Then complete the second part of each sentence with an explanation.

1)
A three-headed monster is a monster with three heads.
2)
A man-eating lion is a lion
3)
A million-dollar apartment is an apartment
4)
A five-storey house is a house
5)
A well-prepared students is a student

Extra exercises

6. Complete the sentences with compound nouns.

1)
Do you have to be a member of the club to play on their golf ?
2)
The new world champion ran around the athletics as the crowd stood up and cheered.
3)
The main to the stadium is closed to traffic on the days when there’s a match.
4)
Last Saturday, we played a few games at the bowling before going out for dinner.
5)
We don’t often go skiing as the nearest mountain is over 300 km away.
6)
They’re building a new ice , so we’ll be able to go skating in the future.
7)
The match has been cancelled because the football is flooded.

7. Match the words in A and B to form compound adjectives. Then complete the sentences.

A air open six solar sound well
B air conditioned equipped heated lane proof
1)
On Friday mornings, there’s an market in the square, where you can buy fresh fruit and vegetables.
2)
It was a relief to enter the building after walking around in the heat outside.
3)
There’s always a lot of traffic on the motorway leading to the city centre.
4)
The band are looking for a room where they can practise without disturbing anyong.
5)
The hotel has a gym with a wide range of different machines.
6)
The water in their swimming pool never goes below a certain temperature.

8. Replace the underlined words with the words below.

agree choice like overall prefer to settled
1)
I think karting is a better option because it looks more fun.
2)
In general, the first activity would be better.
3)
I quite fancy the first activity.
4)
We need to make a decision together
5)
That’s decided then.
6)
I’d rather go climbing than kayaking.

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