English

Compound noun

nickas 2016. 6. 6. 15:52

adjective / adverb + present participle

 - a hard-working student


ages and numbers before a noun

 - a forty-year-old father

 - a two-door car


numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine

 - fifty-two

 - two hundred and ninety-nine


adjective / adverb + noun

 - a last-minute decision


noun + adjective

 - a world-famous athlete


adverb / noun + past participle before a noun

 - well-respected politicians

without hyphen

 - the politicians were well respected.


three-word compound adjectives before a noun

 - out-of-date fashion

 - that voucher is out of date


compound adjectives made with an adverb ending in -ly, both before and after a noun

 - a carefully written letter, the letter was cafefully written.