Compound Adjectives_

Compound Adjectives

Compound Adjectives

Adjectives

Mouth-watering mouth + water-ing

mouth() water(/)()
()

Full-time 18-year-old One-eyed

Bitter-sweet Water-resistant Well-known
Middle-aged Heart-breaking Good-looking

Number + N A ten-year friendship

Number + N + Adj A three-year-old toddler
N+N [name]-brand shoes [name]
N + N-ed Heart-shaped muffins
Adj + N A part-time job ()
Adj + N-ed A left-handed boy

N + V-ing A heart-breaking story ()

N + PP. A heart-broken mother ()
Adj + V-ing A good-looking man ()
Adv + V-ing A never-ending speech ()
Adj + PP. pink-dyed hair ()
Adv + PP. A well-known writer ()

N + Adj A duty-free shop ()

Adj + Adj A bitter-sweet chocolate

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 Compound Adjectives
V-ing + Adj The biting-cold wind ()

A heart-breaking story ()
the story breaks my heart
it is a heart-breaking story

A heart-broken mother ()
the mothers heart is broken()()
the mother is heart-broken

A good-looking man ()
the man looks goodhe is a
good-looking man

pink-dyed hair ()
his hair is dyed pink()he has
pink-dyed hair

A never-ending speech ()
the speech never endsthis is a
never-ending speech

A well-known writer ()
the writer is known well()()
he is a well-known writer

Cannibals are ________ people.

A piranha is a ________ fish.
(A) human-eating (B) human-eaten
(/)