Compound nouns and adjectives : exercices de lexique B1

8 exercices de niveau B1 (Compétences Lexicales) sur « Compound nouns and adjectives », avec corrigés. Faites chaque activité et vérifiez tout de suite. Gratuit, sans compte.

CompétenceCompétences Lexicales
NiveauB1 Intermédiaire
Exercices8
Trous44
Thème2 sur 9

Avant de commencer. 8 exercices. Remplissez chaque blanc, puis vérifiez vos réponses.

  • basketball
  • bowling
  • boxing
  • court
  • football
  • golf
  • ice
  • room
  • studio
  • swimming
  • track
  • wall

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

12 blancs
  • 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
Exercice 1: Complete the sports venues with the words below.

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Exercice 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

Exercice 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.

3 blancs
A adjective + nounB -ing form + noun
C noun + noun

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

6 blancs
  • 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

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

4 blancs
  • 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

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Extra exercises

Exercice 6. Complete the sentences with compound nouns.

7 blancs
  • 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.

0 sur 7 répondues

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

6 blancs
  • 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 anyone.
  • 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.

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Exercice 8. Replace the underlined words with the words below.

6 blancs
  • 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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