LANGUAGE WITH EASE G6
Compound Adjectives & Compound Nouns
● Hyphenated adjectives made of
two words that form a
compound.
● Example – Well-known actor,
Part-time worker, man-eating
tiger, brightly-lit room, blood-
thirsty warrior, time-saving
scheme.
● Made of two nouns or an adjective
and a noun. (BlackBoard)
● Open spaced – Tennis shoe
● No Space – Bedroom
● Hyphenated – (Fire-Fly)
● Combination of verb + noun –
Washing machine.
Punctuate:
“Some children in pin-striped pajamas hid behind the red
-spotted curtain and laughed loudly when they were found”,
reported the hostel warden.

Indef adj, noun, prep, comp adj, noun, verb, prep, art, comp adj,
noun, conj, verb, adverb, adverbial conj, pronoun,
verb(passive), prep, art, comp noun
Q1. How many clauses can you find in the sentence? Can you spot the
conj headword? Is it a noun, adjectival or adverbial clause?
A1. There are four clauses in this sentence. Conjunction headword:
and laughed loudly (coordinating clause) : When they were found.
(followed by subordinating adverbial clauses of time.)
Q2. Find the prepositional phrases and say if they are adjectival or
adverbial. Change at least one prepositional phrase to another one.
A2. Prepositional phrase: In pin-striped pajamas , behind the red-
spotted curtain. Change : in long-flowing nightgowns, in perfectly
matched trousers and boots.
Q3. Pick out the compound noun and comp adjective, if any.
A3. Comp Noun: Hostel Warden. Comp Adjective: pin-striped,
red-spotted.

Q4. Change the adverb into an abstract noun and an adjective.

A4. Adverb: loudly ; Abstract noun – loudness ; adjective – loud.
Q5. Make two more abstract noun with the same ending.
A5. Abstract nouns: kindness, happiness, gentleness, sweetness.

Q6. Pick out the indefinite adjective and change to definite one.
A6. indefinite adj: some; definite: four, six
Q7. Change one of the verb to present participle(ing word). Does it
change the clause count ?
A7. – verb : hid. Present participle: Hiding. Yes, it changes the
clause count. Some children, in pin-striped pajamas, hiding behind
the red-spotted curtain….

Q8. Introduce a relative pronoun to create a relative clause. Is is a

defining pronoun or non-defining?
A8. Rel pro : Who. Relative Clause :who were in pin-striped
pajamas…… ; It is defining.
Punctuate:
“I have a meeting near Poonam’s old art school, so eat this
dinner which is getting cold on the dining table, and go to
sleep,” said Malati, to her son.

pro, verb, art, noun, prep, prop noun, adj, comp noun, adv, verb,
demadj, noun, rel pro, verb, adj, prep, art, comp noun, conj,
verb, infinitive, verb, prop noun, prep, poss pro, pro, noun
Q1. How many clauses there are in the sentence? Find the subordinate
headwords and say whether the following clause is a noun, adjectival
and adverbial clause.
A1. There are five clauses in this sentence. Subordinate headword:
which. The following clause is a adjectival clause.

Q2. Find the prepositional phrase and say if they are adjectival or
adverbial. Change at least one prepositional phrase to another one.
A2. Prepositional phrase: Poonam’s old art school(adjectival), on the
dining table(adverbial), to her son(noun). Change : on the wide window
sill, on the tweak brown desk, on the cold marble floor
Q3. Add an adjectival clause to one of the noun in the sentence.
A3. Noun: meeting, Adjectival clause: which was an important
and decisive, which was held every Friday afternoon, which
always ended in a fight

Q4. Pick out the relative pronouns and say which noun it relates
to. Change to an adjectival phrase.
A4. Relative pronoun: which. It relates to dinner. Adjectival
phrase: (drop which is) getting cold
Q5. Pick out the demonstrative adjective and change to
demonstrative pronoun.
A5. Demonstrative adjective: this dinner. Change to
demonstrative pronoun: this

Q6. Find the possessive adjective and personal pronoun

A6. Possessive adj: her; personal pronoun: I
Q7. Are the present participle in the sentence verbs, nouns or
adjectives?
A7. -ing words- present participle: dining. Dining is an adjective.

Q8. Change to indirect speech

A8. Malati told her son that she had a meeting near Poonam’s old
art school, so he should eat that dinner which was getting cold on
the dining table and go to sleep.

Q9. Are all the verbs transitive? change the voice of one verb.
A9. The verbs ‘eat’ and ‘said’ are transitive. The dinner should be
eaten...
Punctuate:
“That woman with the handspun veil who is standing there is
my aunt”, said the girl pointing in the direction of the door to
the spiral staircase.

dem adj, noun, prep, art, comp adj, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb,
verb, poss pro, noun, verb, art, noun, participle, prep, art, noun,
prep, art, adj, prep, art, adj, comp noun
Q1. How many clauses there are in the sentence? Find the
subordinating headword & say whether the clause is a noun, adjectival
or adverbial?
A1. There are three clauses in this sentence. Subordinating headword -
who. It is an adverbial clause.

Q2. Find the prepositional phrase and say if they are adjectival or
adverbial. Change at least one prepositional phrase to another one.
A2. Prepositional phrase: with the handspun veil (adverbial), in the
direction (adverbial), of the door (adverbial) to the spiral staircase
(adverbial)
Change : with the floral hat, with the fine leather shoes.
Q3. Pick out the relative pronouns and say which noun it relates
to. Change to an adjectival phrase.
A4. Relative pronoun: who. It relates to the woman. Adjectival
phrase: The woman standing there (drop ‘who is’)

Q4. Is the relative clause defining or non-defining.

A3. Relative Clause : Who is standing there. Non - defining
Q5. Pick out the demonstrative adjective and poss adjective.
A5. Demonstrative adjective: that
Poss adjective -my

Q6. How would you change the verb to a modal to show

probability.
A6. verb: is my aunt.
Is – modal : may be my aunt, could be my aunt.
Q7. Is the present participle in the sentence a verb, noun or adjective?
A7. -ing words- present participle: Pointing. It is an adjective.

Q8. Change to indirect speech. Start with Pointing….

A8. Pointing in the direction of the door to the spiral staircase, the girl said
that that woman with the handspun veil, who was standing there was her
aunt.

Q9. Use an interrogative adjective and then an interrogative pronoun to ask

a question to get the sentence analysis statement as your answer.
A9. Int Adj : Which woman here is your aunt?
Interrogative Pro : Who in this crowd is your aunt?
Week 5
Punctuate:-
“I believe that they were to break up the bitterly intense fight
immediately or they would be given harsh, painful and merciless
punishment “ said Mr. Rao.

Pro, verb, demo.adj, pro, verb, inf, prep, art, adv, adj, noun, adv,
conj, pro, modal verb, verb, adj, adj, conj, adj, noun, verb, Proper
noun
Q2) Change the adjectives into abstract nouns and adverbs.
Ans- Harsh - harshness (abstract), harshly (adv)
Painful – painfulness (abstract), painfully (adv)
Merciless – mercilessness (abstract), mercilessly (adv)
Intense – intenseness (abstract), intensely (adv)

Q3) Change to indirect speech

Ans – Mr. Rao said that he believed that they were told to break up
the bitterly intense fight immediately or they would be given harsh,
painful and merciless punishment .
Q4) Say how many clauses there are in this sentence
Ans – There are four clauses in this sentence

Q5) Find a phrasal verb to mean ‘stop’

Ans – Phrasal verb is ‘break up’

Q6) Change the second verb in the sentence to modal to show

possibility
Ans - Should
Q7) Continue the sentence by adding a relative pronoun at the end
Ans – ‘who is our math teacher’ or ‘who were our principle’

Q9) Pick the adjectives and use the three degrees of comparison on
each .
Ans – Try it on own