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Focus 4 6.7 Compound Nouns and Adj

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  • a young sportsman with broad shoulders
    a broad-shouldered young sportsman
  • a young woman with rosy cheeks
    a rosy-cheeked young woman
  • extremely detailed
    blow-by-blow
  • boy who was three years old
    three-year-old boy
  • burned by the sun
    sunburnt
  • unable to speak because of nerves or embarrassment
    tongue-tied
  • water that was high to the waist
    waist-high water
  • check on his health
    health check
  • bear with a kind heart
    kind-hearted bear
  • an old man with thin lips
    a thin-lipped old man
  • a high jumper with long legs
    a long-legged high jumper
  • a child with curly hair
    a curly-haired child
  • ordeal that lasted two nights
    two-night ordeal
  • a teenager with a kind heart
    a kind-hearted teenager
  • likely to have a bad effect
    ill-advised
  • information about a news event that is still happening
    breaking news
  • a short description including the main ideas
    overview