Answer — Exercise 7
8 - The animal kingdom·Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book
Question
Work in pairs. You have five minutes to come up with as many different compound adjective + noun collocations as you can, using the adjectives fromExercise 6. You can change either word of the compound adjectives to make new ones.
Answer
- water-friendly farming
- star-crossed lovers
- long- standing problems
- long-sighted
- long-suffering parents
- long-winded explanation
- life-saving operation
- sweat-resistant vest
- drug-resistant bacteria
- wrinkle-resistant suit
- egg-shaped
- oval- shaped
- U-shaped objects
- prize-winning
- medal- winning athlete
- match-winning performance
- short- term view
- mid-term elections
- user-friendly gadget
- well-made
- badly-made toys
Note that students may also give you examples in which the two parts of the compound are not normally hyphenated:
- childproof lid
- childlike behaviour
- childbearing age
- lifelong friends
- homemade cakes
- waterproof jackets.
There are no real rules as to why a compound is hyphenated or not. It’s a matter of usage.