Questions and Tasks

1. Making use of the criteria for differentiation, state whether the following units represent compounds or word-phrases:

sea-shore, green grass, child`s play, door-handle, pale blue, settled opinion, grass-green, outcome, call-girl, good to drink, way back, page three, page-turner, surgically clean, to sell for cash, as good as gold, hold-up, winding passage, standstill, speakeasy, newly-born, milk-white, fine month, twelvemonth, twelve months, knock-about, red-hot, red tulips, nearby, upbringing, good for nothing, do-gooder, upright.

Comment on the criteria or the criterion you have applied.

2. Identify the derivational type of the following compound words and write down their structural patterns:

bedroom, hot-tempered, stone-cold, sunglasses, homesick, broad-minded, ready-made, skating-rink, first-rate, cold-blooded, water-proof, street-fighter, whereabouts, dirt-cheap, moreover, rainbow, sky-blue, straightforward, wrong-sided, earthquake, offspring, four-wheeler, house-keeper, deadline, life-sized.

3. Give your own examples of compounds built on the following derivational patterns: n+n, a+n, adv+n, prt+n, prt+v, num+n, v+v, n+a, a+a, n+(v+ -en), adv+a, a+adv, v+n, v+(prt)+0, (num+n)+-er, (a+n)+-ed, (n+n)+-ed, (v+-en)+prt, (adv+v)+-ed. Say which of the patterns are productive and which are not and give your arguments.

4. Identify the derivational type of the following words:

absentmindedness, lipstick, to babysit, early- riser, schoolmasterish, newcomer, four-wheeler, a breakdown, sunflower, music-lover, old worldish, first-nighter, headache, cinema-goer, honeymooner, grandfatherly, broadshouldered, a brainstorm, evildoer, to braindrain, weight-conscious, newlyweds.

5. Translate the following sentences into Russian. State the derivational type of the underlined words

“There shall be no beggar-marriages in my family”, the father cried out.

Serious-faced James Howden entered the high-ceilinged, beige-carpeted Privy Council Chamber.

It was a lived- in, worked-in scholar`s cubicle. There were jammed bookshelves from floor to ceiling.

Judson`s head snapped up, his blue eyes hooding with suspicion. Donald had sounded almost schoolmasterish.

The BBC television comedy series “Yes, Minister” has proved to be more than a delight. It has also been an eye-opener.

This book is an absolute page-turner.

Unless you have a brainstorm, I don`t see how we are going to get out of this.

6. Define the type of relations between the constituents of the following compounds:

earring, snow-white, colour-blind, frost-bitten, shop-owner, daylight, ice-breaker, holiday-maker, seasick, narrow-minded, finger-ring, life-sized, homemade, spring-cleaning, grass-green, sugar-free, schoolmaster, sunset, fair-haired, deck-chair , world-wide.

7. Say whether the following compounds are motivated, partially motivated or non-motivated (idiomatic):

bathroom, housewife, bluebell, tallboy, sunshine, chatterbox, waterfall, lady-killer, horse-race, weekend, flower-bed, eye-opener, highlight, swimming-pool, landslide, page-turner, sun-blinds, brainwash, fortune-teller, dishwasher, good-looking, easy-going, lazybones, ladybird.

8. Read the following jokes and say how the humorous effect is achieved:

Patient : They say, doctor, you are a perfect lady-killer.

Doctor: Oh, no, no! I assure you, my dear madam, I make no difference between the sexes.

Customer: Is this lipstick waterproof and sunproof?

Shop assistant: Yes, madam. And it`s also kissproof,

A young girl: My room has looked crammed since I acquired a tallboy.

Her elderly neighbour: You should have found a shorter one, darling.