vocabulary + grammar ENGL128, Study notes of English Language

Download vocabulary + grammar ENGL128 and more Study notes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! Untitled common compound nouns : types of compound adjectives: carpet anymore comeback seafood gentleman airport airline seashore aircraft armchair boyfriend skateboard battlefield background friendship skyscraper cowboy cupboard chopstick sunrise classmate daredevil dishwasher snowboard goldfish grandfather grandmother southeast grasshopper greenhouse handcuff starlight lifespan moonlight notebook somebody myself newspaper nobody someday onset outside inside anyways format : example : number + noun two-week break {word} + adjective air-tight seal building a noun phrase : a noun phrase is built around a single noun. quite often NOUNS will occur with other words, or a combination of other words, to make up NOUNS PHRASES - some possibilities include: a compound noun is a single noun made up of two or more words: sea + food = seafood. ice cream. swimming pool. with an article: the government, an insect. with an adjective: good times, legal wrangle. with a preposition: by car, under duress. with a quantifier: many dangers, loads of friends. with other determiners: your fault, these houses. example: noun = lake. noun phrase = the lake. for example: with spaces: {word} + noun polo-neck top {word} + present participle record-breaking snow {word } + past participle quick-witted lady title case game of thrones actor italics pro bono work quotation marks "get out now" look