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7.1 Match the words to form compound nouns and translate them.

sports

centre

ball

game

walking

by

passer

up

runner

stick

fruit

juice

7.2 Fill in the gaps with the words given in the box.

alarm clock baby-sitter traffic jam sunglasses income tax science fiction waiting room film star

  1. I'm late because there was a terrible ……. in the centre of town.

  2. Humphrey Bogart was a famous …… in the forties and fifties.

  3. My didn't ring this morning and I didn't wake up until 9.30.

  4. When I got to the surgery, I had to sit in the ….. for forty minutes before I could see the dentist.

  5. Mary really wanted to see the film but she couldn't find a ….. for the children, so she had to stay at home.

  6. When I'm driving I always wear ….. if it's very bright and sunny.

  7. You have to pay on your salary in Britain; the amount depends on how much you earn.

  8. My brother loves … , but I prefer true stories about the present or the past.

7.3 State the difference in meaning of the given compounds.

boathouse – houseboat; play-boy – boy-play; pot-flower – flowerpot; life-boat – boat-life; board-school – school-board; dog-house – house-dog; pot-pie – pie-pot; boy-toy – toy-boy; plant-house – house-plant.

7.4 Translate into Russian.

sunbeam, housekeeping, saleswoman, mother-in-law, craftsmanship, spokesman, sit-at-home, blacklist, bridesmaid, blacklist, bridesmaid, a businesswoman, an old- timer, a side-track, a go-getter, a looking-glass, a getaway, a mill-owner, door-handle, a buyout, a peace-maker, a scatterbrain, a baby-sitter, a low-brow, heart-beat, make-up, bottle-opener, teach-in, office-management, setback, match-breaker, go-between, go-between, bath-robe.

7.5 Match the words to form compound nouns and translate them.

ice

paper

note

coat

hair

house

rain

box

custom

book

news

brush

    1. Form compound nouns, using the following explanations.

Model: A machine for drying hair – hair drier

1. A thing for opening tins - ... .

2. A machine for playing records - ... .

3. A machine for mixing food - ... .

4. A thing that times eggs (when they are boiling) - ... .

5. Things for warming people’s legs - ... .

6. Stuff that kills flies - ... .

7. A liquid that removes paint - ... .

8. A tool that opens bottles - ... .

9. A thing for peeling potatoes - ... .

10. A liquid for removing eye makeup - ... .

11. Stuff for freshening the air - ... .

7.7 Read and translate the sentences.

goody-goody, fifty-fifty, hush-hush, pooh-pooh, chit-chat, zigzag, sing-song, a walky-talky, helter-skelter.

  1. If he refuses, or pooh-poohs your concern, go to a new doctor.

  2. He is not what you might call a goody-goody.

  3. The matter is so hush-hush I can't talk about it over the phone.

  4. Expenses were shared fifty-fifty.

  5. Please stop the chitchat there in the back row.

  6. "You can't catch me. You can't catch me," he singsonged.

  7. Here the road goes down steeply in a series of zigzags.

  8. This is enough claptrap. I'm leaving.

  9. Where’s your walky-talky?

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