Answer — Exercise 8
8.1 - It's a tough call·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Work in pairs and discuss. How could you reword these phrases without using the compound adjectives?
- Work in pairs and find a compound adjective above which is formed with.
- Complete the sentences using a compound adjective formed from the underline words.
Answer
a)
- a widow who is 91 years old
- $4,000 in bills which are wrapped in bubble wrap
- a daughter who robbed a bank
b)
- bubble-wrapped
- bank-robbing
- 91-year-old
c)
- three-day-old baby
- hand-made clothes
- 15-metre-high wall
- life-changing moment
- long-running TV series
- five-year-long course
- well-qualified
- time-consuming activity