Compounded nouns. Prepositions

1. Compounded nouns | Prepositions

Lecture 9. Final cut

2. 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:
1. (4/6/16) Indefinite verbal forms, modal verbs &
Introductory words
2. (4/13/16) Prefixes, suffixes & abbreviations
3. (4/20/16) Slang, compounded nouns &
prepositions

3. 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

4. Compounded nouns

5. 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

6. 10 types of compound

• Noun + noun: shoelace – шнурки
• Noun + preposition: passerby –
прохожий
• Noun + adjective: attorney general министр юстиции
• Noun + verb: haircut – стрижка

7. 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

8. 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)

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14. Well done! =)