Insert the appropriate compound adjectives

1. I have just discovered an insect with many legs that eats fungus in my carrot patch.

I have just discovered a _______________________ insect in my carrot patch.

2. It has red knees and flat feet.

It is _________________________.

3. My professors refuse to believe in my discovery because they have narrow minds; besides, these old fools drink carrot juice!

My professors refuse to believe in my discovery because they are ______________________; besides, they are _________________________ fools!

4. The surgeon pulled out a worm that was thirty-five centimeters long.

The surgeon pulled out a _______________________ worm.

Convert the descriptions of the underlined noun phrases into attributive adjectives.

1. Her daughter is a ping-pong player who slams hard. She has a...

2. It looked like a trophy that had been hard to win. It looked like a...

3. Our sumo champion weighs 200 kilograms. We have a...

4. After that T.V. program, our baby’s hair turned green. We now have a...

Stress in Compound Adjectives Generally, primary stress in two-word compound adjectives is on the second component. Both parts of compound adjectives are stressed. dark-green old-fashioned good-looking

5. The tail of the lizard I caught was three feet long. I caught a lizard with...

Read the text in ex.3 and explain the words in bold.

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