Look at the definitions and write the words

► a station from which trains leave a train station.................

► a bottle once containing medicine and made of glass a glass medicine bottle

 

1 a wall made of stone ....................................

2 a centre where information is given to tourists

3 a towel you use after having a bath ....................................

4 clothes for working in

5 a block of offices in the centre of a city

6 a graph showing sales

7 a card that gives you credit

8 a race for horses

9 the Director of Marketing

10 a tour by bicycle at the end of the week

Exercise 3

Make two compound nouns from the nouns in each group.

1 profits course training company

2 staff forecast meeting sales

3 card store credit department

4 Internet sale summer access

5 figures price inflation range

6 survey market hour rush

7 technology keys car information

8 assistant shop failure power

9 shopfloor working worker lunch

10 insurance loan contract bank

11 features costs production product

12 market marketing budget leader

 

Exercise 4

Cross out the one word in each group that does not make a common compound noun with the first word in bold.

1 salesforecast/figures/trade/target 6 productmanager/range/features/share

2 marketforces/sector/check/share 7 advertisingslogan/campaign/line/agency

3 priceoffer/list/range/rise 8 productionmarket/line/capacity/target

4 brandimage/leader/loyalty/process 9 workingconditions/trend/hours/lunch

5 taxrelief/benefits/output/allowance 10 stockoption/decision/market/exchange

Exercise 5

Underline the most suitable noun combination in each group. Translate them into Russian.

  1. a) the meeting of today b) today’s meeting c) today meeting
  2. a) a letter of credit b) a credit’s letter c) a letter’s credit
  3. a) a business card b) a card of business c) a businesses’ card
  4. a) a data’s base b) a base of data………c) a database

 

Exercise 6

Nouns used as numerical adjectives are singular. For example, a plan which lasts for 10 years = a ten-year plan. Change the following phrases in the same way. Translate the sentences.

  1. a hotel with five stars
  2. a budget worth 3 million dollars
  3. a presentation that lasts 20 minutes
  4. a contract worth 200,000 pounds
  5. an industrial empire which is 150 years old

 

Exercise 7

Match each noun in column 1 to two of the nouns in column 2 to make word partnership.