The document discusses compound adjectives and provides examples. It explains that compound adjectives are frequently hyphenated between the words, with the second word often ending in "-ed" or "-ing". Examples of compound adjectives are given, including those with a number/measurement plus noun, adjective plus noun, noun plus adjective, adjective/adverb plus "-ed"/"-ing", verb plus preposition/adverb, and self plus verb/adjective/noun. The document notes that compound adjectives commonly use a hyphen to join the elements.

1. What do you think?
 Let's look at the following sentences:
 I saw a man-eating alligator.
 I saw a man eating alligator.
 Similar? Different?

2. Adjectives

3. Explain the adjectives in bold
 1 He’s very single-minded. It took him years to
learn the violin but he never gave up.
 2 Writers have to be thick-skinned. Lots of people
criticize their work, but they try not to get upset.
 3 He’s very career- orientated. He even reads
about law when he’s on holiday.
 4 They can be rather stand-offish. At the party they
refused to talk to anybody.
 5 They are really level-headed. Even when they
won all that money they didn’t get too excited.

4. Adjectives
 Single-minded
with your attention fixed on only one thing;
determined
 Thick-skinned
not easily upset or offended by what other people say
about you
 Career-orientated
mainly concerned with, or directed towards his/her
career

5. Adjectives
 Stand-offish
behaving in a formal way that is not friendly because
they do not want to get involved with other people
 Level-headed
behaving in a calm and sensible way, even in a difficult
situation; calm
What do you notice about these adjectives?

6. Compound adjectives
 Compound adjectives frequently use a hyphen (-)
between the words. Often the second word ends in a
participle, usually –ed or –ing.
 Number/measurement + noun: five-day; half-price
 Adjective + noun: high-quality; low-price
 Noun + adjective: user-friendly; worldwide
 Adjective/adverb+ ed/ing: right-handed; good-looking
 Verb + preposition/adverb: burnt-out; drive-in
 Self + verb/adjective/noun: self-employed
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