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
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1) bowling 2) golf 3) track 4) ice 5) court 6) boxing
7) basketball 8) studio 9) wall 10) football 11) room
12) swimming
a weights room b bowling alley c golf course
d climbing wall e athletics track f ice rink
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
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1) d 2) g 3) a 4) f 5) e 6) c 7) b
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.
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A adjective + noun |
B -ing form + noun |
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____________ ____________ |
____________ ____________ ____________ |
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C noun + noun |
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______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ |
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A adjective + noun main road
B -ing form + noun (any three of:) bowling alley, boxing ring, climbing wall, swimming pool
C noun + noun (any four of:) golf course, athletics track, ice rink, tennis court, basketball court, dance studio, football pitch, weights room, mountain range, floodlights, sea shore, tennis player, safety net, tower block
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.
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1) full 2) open 3) air 4) well 5) 25 6) sound
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 ________
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2) which eats men 3) which costs a million dollars
4) with five storeys 5) who has prepared well
Extra exercises
1. 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.
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1) course 2) track 3) road 4) alley 5) range
6) rink 7) pitch
2. 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.
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1) open-air 2) air-conditioned 3) six-lane
4) soundproof 5) well-equipped 6) solar-heated
3. 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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1) choice 2) Overall 3) like 4) agree 5) settled 6) prefer to
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