Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 6

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

Look at the extra detail added to the noun phrases below. What parts of speech in Exercise 4 have been added each time?

Answer

  1. custard tarts = compound noun; good coffee = adjective + noun
  2. delicious = adjective; hand-made = compound adjective; extraordinarily good = adverb + adjective combination; strong black espresso = adjectives
  3. with a sprinkle of cinnamon on top = prepositional phrase; tiny cups of = adjective + noun
  4. old = adjective; pastry shop = compound noun; in central Lisbon = prepositional phrase