LANGUAGE FOCUS Compound nouns and adjectives Compound nouns • A compound noun is normally made up of two words. The first word describes or modifies the second word: a 'morning show = a show that is on in the morning. Compare: a company car (a type of car) and a car company (a type of company). Compound nouns can consist of: noun + noun: 2 anchor, newsreader, health check affairs adjective + noun: verb-ing + noun: breaking preposition + noun: view A significant number are made from phrasal verbs: back sth up →36 , crack down on sth → a crack-down Compound nouns can be written as one word, two words or with a hyphen. Check in | Focus 4. Second Edition. Student's Book | 5/92

2. news

3. foreign

4. news

5. over

6. backup

7. warming

8. by-blow

9. hour

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