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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.1 - Lonely planet for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at the ways in which noun phrases can be modified. Add the underlined sections in the texts to the appropriate category below.
  2. Is the main stress on the first or the second word of a compound noun / adjective? Listen and repeat.

Answer

a)

  1. film set
  2. five-mile-long, six-lane sea road
  3. uniquely photogenic city
  4. longest wooden bridge
  5. for a closer look
  6. approaching in the distance

b)

The main stress comes on the first word of the compound noun / adjective.