![]() Just like adjectives, we often use more than one "noun as adjective" together. We even write some combinations in two or all three different ways: (head master, head-master, headmaster) How do we say the "noun as adjective"?įor pronunciation, we usually stress the first word:Ĭan we have more than one "noun as adjective"? We write the "noun as adjective" and the real noun in several different ways: accounts department, accounts departmentsįREE Podcasts □ Many of these listening exercises have transcripts, vocabulary notes and comprehension questions.When we use certain nouns "as adjectives" (clothes, sports, customs, accounts, arms), we use them in the plural form: an athletics trainer, fifty athletics trainers.one billiards table, four billiards tables.When we use these nouns "as adjectives" they are unchanged: In other words, if there is a plural it is on the real noun only.Ī few nouns look plural but we usually treat them as singular (for example news, billiards, athletics). NOT cigarettes packet, cigarettes packets Just like a real adjective, the "noun as adjective" is invariable. a bicycle shop is a shop that sells bicycles.a computer exhibition is an exhibition of computers.tennis shoes are shoes for playing tennis. ![]()
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