Compound Adjectives

Compound adjectives
Using the good ol' hyphen - 
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Compound adjectives
Using the good ol' hyphen - 

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Agenda
  • Review of adjectives
  • Definition
  • Examples
  • Quiz game

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Adjectives
  • Adjectives describe a noun (person, place, thing).
  • Adjectives can come before the noun they describe, or after TO BE

  • My bunny is sweet and fluffy
  • My sweet bunny is fluffy. 
  • My sweet, fluffy bunny. 

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Adjectives
  • You can use multiple adjectives to describe a noun. You separate them with commas , , , , , , , 

  • My sweet, fluffy bunny. 
  • My big, dumb, ugly manager won't give me Saturday off. 

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Adjectives
  • But sometimes you'll want to describe something, and you'll want to use a noun or description with multiple words...

  • These facilities are state of the art
  • We will stay at the hotel for four nights

... AND THAT CAN BECOME A COMPOUND ADJECTIVE!

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Adjectives
  • If we want to move our descriptor to before the noun being described, we turn it into a compound adjective
  • We use hyphens between the words to show it is 1 description/idea

  • These facilities are state of the art. --> These are state-of-the-art facilities.
  • We will stay at the hotel for four nights. --> We have a four-night stay.

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Some Examples
  • The 81-year-old woman likes to knit. 
  • Lizards are cold-blooded animals.

Non-examples: 
  • He is a young, happy boy.   --> separate descriptors
  • That is a finely tuned watch. --> no - after -ly adverbs or very
              *** This is a fine-tuned piano.

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COMPOUND WORDS
  • We also hyphenate some compound words.  

Examples: 
  • She works part-time.
  • This is my mother-in-law.
  • He bought a twelve-pack of soda. 
  • We drove eighty-three kilometers yesterday. 

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This is a _______ cafe.
A
family owned
B
family-owned

Slide 9 - Quiz

That is a ________ dress.
A
very elegant
B
very-elegant

Slide 10 - Quiz

We have a _______ child.
A
two year old
B
two-year-old

Slide 11 - Quiz

Our child is _________
A
two years old
B
two-years-old

Slide 12 - Quiz

There are _______ students in the class.
A
twenty two
B
twenty-two

Slide 13 - Quiz

The ______ dog walked down the street.

*Friendly is an adjective, not adverb!

A
friendly looking
B
friendly-looking

Slide 14 - Quiz

She lives in an _____ apartment.
A
off campus
B
off-campus

Slide 15 - Quiz

The design is ______.
A
state of the art
B
state-of-the-art

Slide 16 - Quiz

This is an _________ vacation.
A
all inclusive
B
all-inclusive

Slide 17 - Quiz

Lesson Summary
  • Compound adjectives are two or more words (a phrase) that combine together to modify/describe a noun. 
  • You hyphenate ( - ) a compound adjective to clarify that it's part of 1 descriptor. 

  • You also hyphenate some nouns to make compound words. Hyphenate numbers & noun phrases that create names/titles.

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