Compound Adjetives by https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy A compound adjective is made up of two or more words, that act as a single idea to modify a noun. Also called a phrasal adjective or a compound modifier. en-us 2016-10-03 23:35:25 UTC 2025-11-24 15:13:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Compound adjectives juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128031256 2016-10-03 23:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128031256 Example juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128032488 *Mary works 10 hours every day
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* Mary works a ten-hour day.]]> 2016-10-03 23:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128032488 juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128032717 Compoud adjetive is an adjetive that contains two or more words and we put a hyphen between two or more words (before a noun) ]]> 2016-10-03 23:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128032717 juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128032995 2016-10-04 00:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128032995 juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128033124 2016-10-04 00:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128033124 juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128033523 2016-10-04 00:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128033523 juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128034973
Compound Adjectives + Periods of Time

]]> 2016-10-04 00:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128034973 juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128035545 When he have compound adjectives using numbers + a time period, that word referring to a time period is in singular form and is joined to the number with a hyphen.]]> 2016-10-04 00:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128035545 juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128035920 I work eleven  hours every week
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I work an eleven-hour week

]]> 2016-10-04 00:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128035920 Example juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128036063 2016-10-04 00:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128036063 Compound Adjectives with Numbers juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128037429
You can use some exmaples, with numbers

  • three-second
  • There’s a three-second interruption.

  • twenty-page
  • He handed me a twenty-page article.

  • two-hour
  • She attended a two-hour conference.

  • five-day
  • He went on a five-day tour.
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Present Participle

* I  bought some mouth-watering strawberries.

* That was a record-breaking jump.



Past Participle

* We should start using wind-powered generators to cut costs.

* I love eating sun-dried raisins.




]]> 2016-10-04 00:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128037821 How do we know when to put a hyphen? juan_contreras907 https://padlet.com/juan_contreras907/ruuraoux8muy/wish/128038321
  • He is a world famous singer
Can we say: He is a world and famous singer.


  • It's an old coal-mining town.

Here we can say it is old and a coal-mining one.






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