Compound Nouns (Vocabulary)

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1. Fill in each space with an appropiare word from the list, forming a compound noun.

 word      table      worker      washing      piece     meal      time     wife     book    up     electrical     washer     computer     sitter     house

A house husband

My wife is a social 1.____ and she works for the local council and has a very busy time 2.____ every day. She obviously can't be in full-3._____ work and be a house 4.______ at the same time. This means I've been a 5.______ husband for mant years now, because my job as a text 6._____ writer for students of English can be done from home working on a personal 7._____. As we can't afford a baby-8.____ I'm in charge of the baby as well as having to do all the cooking and washing-9.____. My job is made much easier by the variety of 10.____ goods available - I just put all the dirty plates in the dish 11.____ and the baby's clothes in the 12.____ machine and away I go, I'm free to produce yet another master 13.______ for students on my 14.______ processor. When my wife comes home at three she has a ready-made 15.____ to look forward to. Not bad, eh?



2.  Complete the sentences below with one of the following compound nouns.

print-out     setback     hold-up     getaway     check-outs     break-out     break-in     break-up     take-over     take-away    take-off     check-in

  • Since the ________ we've had all our locks changed.
  • The recent crime figures are a major ________ for law and order.
  • There was a ________ on the motorway this morning.
  • The thieves made their _________ through a downstairs window.
  • Why can't they have more ________ open so customers don't have to wait?
  • There was a mass _______ last night from Winston prison.
  • The ________ will have serious consequence for the children.
  • Iraq's attempted _________ of Kuwait led to American intervention.
  • Let's have a _________ tonight - I can't be bothered to cook.
  • What time's _________? It says 19.10 on the ticket. I don't want to miss my flight.
  • I'd give you a ________ of John's e-mail message, but my printer's out of order.
  • Let's take these suitcase to the ________ and then we can go through passport control.

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