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Question
Given below are some nouns, and a set of modifiers (in the box). Combine the nouns and modifiers to make as many appropriate phrases as you can. (Hint: The nouns and modifiers are all from the texts in this book.)
| temple | three girls | triangle | dresses |
| person | thoughts | boys | roar |
| gifts | scream | farewell | expression |
| time | subject | landscape | handkerchief |
| crossing | flight | chatterbox | profession |
| physique | coffee | view | celebration |
| college | rough | hundred | stone | ordinary |
| love | uncomfortable | white | slang | slack |
| bare | railroad | tremendous | family | marriage |
| plump | invigorating | panoramic | heartbreaking | birthday |
| incorrigible | ridiculous | loud | first |
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Solution
Temple − white temple, stone temple, first temple
Person − incorrigible person, ridiculous person
Gifts − hundred gifts, ordinary gifts, birthday gifts
Time − college time, rough time, first time
Crossing − railroad crossing, first crossing
Physique − plump physique, ordinary physique
Three girls − first three girls, incorrigible three girls
Thoughts − incorrigible thoughts, uncomfortable thoughts, ridiculous thoughts, heartbreaking thoughts, first thoughts, ordinary thoughts
Scream − tremendous scream, loud scream
Subject − college subject, ordinary subject
Flight − rough flight, first flight
Coffee − invigorating coffee, ordinary coffee
Triangle − love triangle
Boys − college boys, incorrigible boys, rough boys, hundred boys
Farewell − college farewell, heartbreaking farewell
Landscape − bare landscape, rough landscape, white landscape
Chatterbox − incorrigible chatterbox
View − tremendous view, panoramic view, ordinary view
Dresses − hundred dresses, ordinary dresses, birthday dresses, marriage dresses
Roar − tremendous roar, loud roar
Expression − bare expression, slang expression, slack expression
Handkerchief − white handkerchief, ordinary handkerchief
Profession − family profession, first profession, ordinary profession
Celebration − tremendous celebration, family celebration, birthday celebration
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Match the words on the left with a word on the right. Some words on the left can go with more than one word on the right.
| (i) | a portion of | blood |
| (ii) | a pool of | cotton |
| (iii) | flakes of | stones |
| (iv) | a huge heap of | gold |
| (v) | a gust of | fried fish |
| (vi) | little drops of | snow |
| (vii) | a piece of | water |
| (viii) | a pot of | wind |
Use a bit of/a piece of/a bunch of/a cloud of/a lump of with the italicised nouns in the following sentences. The first has been done for you as an example.
(i) My teacher gave me some advice. My teacher gave me a bit of advice.
(ii) Can you give me some clay, please. _________________
(iii) The informationyou gave was very useful____________
(iv) Because of these factories, smoke hangs over the city. __________________________
(v) Two stonesrubbed together can produce sparks of fire.
_________________________
(vi) He gave me some flowers on my birthday. _________________________
Pick out from lesson 10 examples.
- Concrete Nouns (that you can touch or see)
For example, sand
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pacify - ______________.
Pick out from the lesson the - Noun form of the following word.
ignore - ______________.
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poor - ___________.
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divine - _______________
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advance - ____________
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medicine→______ → ______ → ______ → ______.
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| deliberate | deliberation |
| prescribe | ____________ |
| distant | ____________ |
| organise | ____________ |
| violent | ____________ |
| tolerant | ____________ |
| extreme | ____________ |
| educate | ____________ |
| globalise | ____________ |
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conclude ____________
Pick out the NOUN form of
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Pick out the NOUN form of
change ____________
Pick out the NOUN form of
aware ____________
