Cover of the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.2 - It's a mystery! for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

Complete the sentences below with the correct compound adjective, combining a word from box A and a word from box B.

Answer

  1. middle-aged (aged approximately between 40 and 60)
  2. well-dressed (had nice clothes on)
  3. tongue-tied (nervous about speaking)
  4. far-fetched (difficult to believe)
  5. red-handed (found in the act of doing something illegal)
  6. fire-proof (protected against fire and heat)
  7. gift-wrapped (covered in wrapping paper)
  8. pig-headed (stubborn)
  9. colour-coded (sorted according to colour)