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Colour the boxes that contain the words which will form appropriate noun-noun

collocation with the highlighted word.

1. house school office bus

2. boys set peer group
3. holiday instrument tour package

4. passport post gate office

5. report visiting fairy card

6. carrot cheese decoration cake

7. water glass postcard bottle

8. game vegetable sandwich burger

Study skills

Compound adjectives are words that are joined with a hyphen and used as adjectives.

For example,

• As Nakul was tall and well-built for his age, the master chose him to play an important role
in the drama.

• I’ll help you to practise till you’re word-perfect.

• Akash’s parents were reluctant to expose their only son to the rough and tumble of
boarding-school life.

• Talking to Akash was an eye-opening experience for Nakul.

Make compound words by matching the words from Box A and Box B and fill them in
the blank to complete the sentences.

Box A Box B Sentences

1. sun a. aged This pasta contains tomatoes.

2. cold b. hearted Lizards are animals.

3. middle c. dried His uncle is a man.

4. kind d. fashioned Riyasa is a girl.

5. old e. blooded My grandpa is a bit .

6. well f. length Jigyasu is a boy.

7. full g. behaved I have a mirror at my house.

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