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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10A - Idols and icons for the textbook English File Intermediate - Workbook with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Complete the compound nouns.
  2. Match a word from A to a word from B to make compound nouns. Then complete the sentences.
  3. Complete the word puzzle and find the missing compound noun.

Answer

a)

  1. website
  2. seat belt
  3. headphones
  4. memory stick
  5. traffic jam
  6. ground floor
  7. football pitch
  8. classmates
  9. desk lamp

b)

  1. cash machine
  2. top floor
  3. soundtrack
  4. training course
  5. flatmate
  6. boarding school
  7. cycle lane
  8. rush hour
  9. speed camera
  10. science fiction

c)

  1. nursery school
  2. tap water
  3. remote control
  4. special effects
  5. road works
  6. gold course
  7. olive oil
  8. text message
  9. electricity bill
  10. sports hall

The missing compound is 'speed limit'.