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Compound Adjectives!

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  • Find three missing hyphens: some of the eight year old students wanted to join the after school football program, but they were not old enough.
    #1: eight-year-old #2: after-school
  • Form two compound adjectives: Long found a cat with green eyes that was purring near a man who was talking fast.
    #1: green-eyed #2: fast-talking
  • A turtle that walked slowly crossed the street.
    A slow-walking turtle crossed the street.
  • Missing hyphen: Minh Chau and Bao Ngan both watched the fast gazelles outrun the quick footed lions.
    quick-footed
  • Missing hyphen: Snow White was such a kind hearted person to help those miners and forest creatures.
    kind-hearted
  • Restate the sentence: At the fashion show, the supermodel who is looking good went down the catwalk in her dress.
    At the fashion show, the good-looking supermodel went down the catwalk in her dress.
  • "Brown-haired boy" What is the little dash between the two words called?
    hyphen
  • Missing hyphen: Tuan snuck past the scary looking criminal as he snored loudly.
    scary-looking
  • a hotel with five stars
    a five-star hotel
  • What does an adjective describe?
    a noun
  • Missing hyphen: The young rabbit quickly hopped to the grass covered field to hide.
    grass-covered
  • Fish Head is a boy who jumps high.
    Fish Head is a high-jumping girl.
  • Restate this sentence: Last night, George looked at the sky, which was lit brightly.
    Last night, George looked at the brightly-lit sky.
  • The Rock saw a dog with angry eyes.
    The Rock saw an angry-eyed dog.
  • Restate the sentence: Kenneth MacBrungle with long hair waited in the lunch line.
    Long-haired Kenneth MacBrungle waited in the lunch line.
  • I saw a bird with a long nose.
    I saw a long-nosed bird.
  • a boy with brown hair
    a brown-haired boy