Compounded nouns. Prepositions презентация

What’s next?
You’ll be offered three grammar tests as practice for your final exam
We covered 9 topics so every test will conclude 3 topics:
(4/6/16) Indefinite verbal forms, modal verbs & Introductory words
(4/13/16) Prefixes, suffixes & abbreviations
(4/20/16) Slang, compounded nouns & prepositions

What’s next?
You have a possibility to practice your skills and knowledge before the final exam
Moreover, you have a lucky chance: your grade for the grammar part can be divided between practice tests and the final exam if you wish

Compounded nouns

Main information
First syllable is always stressed: ‘iron clad (нерушимые правила), fr’ostbite (обморожение)
There are three ways to compound:
Opened
Traffic jam – пробка
Bus stop – остановка
Full moon – полнолуние
High school – старшая школа
Battle royal – генеральное сражение
Hyphenated
Grown-up – взрослый
World-famous – всемирно известный
Also-ran – неудачник
High-speed – высокоскоростной
Red-haired - рыжий
Closed
Daredevil – смельчак
Scapegoat – козёл отпущения
Sunflower – подсолнух
Lifeboat – спасательная шлюпка
Lighthouse - маяк

10 types of compound
Noun + noun: shoelace – шнурки
Noun + preposition: passerby – прохожий
Noun + adjective: attorney general - министр юстиции
Noun + verb: haircut – стрижка

10 types of compound
Adjective + noun: poor loser – аутсайдер
Adjective + participle: well-being – благополучие
Preposition + noun: onlooker – наблюдатель, underground – метро
Participle + noun: washing machine – стиральная машина

10 types of compound
Verb + preposition/adverb: know-how (умение), warm-up (прогрев), breakthrough (прорыв)
Word + preposition + word: mother-in-law (тёща, свекровь), word-of-mouth (из уст в уста)
Adjective + verb: dry-cleaning (химчистка)
Preposition + verb: output (выпуск)
Verb + preposition: check-out (регистрация)

Prepositions