Compound Adjectives

Compound Adjectives With Numbers Adjective / Adverb + Past Participle Adjective / Adverb / Noun + Present Participle (-ING)
 three-second  narrow-minded = not open to different  good-looking = attractive, beautiful,
There’s a three-second delay. ideas/thoughts handsome
 ten-minute I can’t stand narrow-minded people who are Who’s that good-looking guy over there?
Let’s take a ten-minute break. intolerant of new ideas.  long-lasting
 two-hour  well-behaved
This long-lasting makeup will keep you
She attended a two-hour seminar. They have three well-behaved children.
 five-day  old-fashioned looking lovely day and night.
He went on a five-day trip. We had lunch in an old-fashioned restaurant with  record-breaking
 six-week décor from the 1950s. The athlete’s record-breaking performance
We took a six-week course.  densely-populated won him the gold medal.
 one-month This densely-populated area has the highest crime  never-ending
The penalty for cheating is a one-month rates in the country. Learning a language seems to be a never-
suspension.  short-haired ending process.
 two-year He was dancing with a short-haired woman.  mouth-watering
I have a two-year contract with my cell phone  widely-recognized
There was a variety of mouth-watering
provider. She’s a widely-recognized expert in technology.
desserts at the wedding reception.
 four-year-old  high-spirited = with a lot of energy
I have a four-year-old son. The students gave a high-spirited musical  thought-provoking
 twelve-storey performance. It was a thought-provoking novel.
We live in a twelve-storey apartment building  well-educated  slow-moving
 twenty-page A lot of well-educated people are still having trouble I was stuck in slow-moving traffic for over
He handed me a twenty-page report. finding jobs. an hour.
 highly-respected  far-reaching
Other Compound Adjectives Our speaker tonight is a highly-respected scholar. The new law will have far-reaching effects
 ice-cold  brightly-lit in the economy.
There’s nothing better than drinking an ice-cold We live on a brightly-lit street in the city center.
 time-saving
lemonade on a hot summer day.  absent-minded = forgetful, not thinking
These time-saving techniques will help you
 last-minute His absent-minded comment hurt his sister’s feelings.
 strong-willed = strong desires, stubborn, does not work more efficiently.
I hate it when my boss wants to make last-minute
desist  forward-thinking
changes to a publication.
 full-length She’s a strong-willed woman who won’t stop until she Some forward-thinking politicians are
The director produced his first full-length movie in gets what she wants. proposing reforms to the educational
1998.  quick-witted = intelligent, clever, fast at thinking and system.
 world-famous discovering things
We had dinner at a world-famous Italian The quick-witted detective solved the crime before
restaurant. anyone else had a clue.
 fat-free  middle-aged = around 40-50 years old
These fat-free cookies are delicious! A lot of middle-aged men are dissatisfied with their
lives.
 kind-hearted = friendly
A kind-hearted stranger helped us find the train
station.
 This is a world-famous museum.
This museum is world famous.

We walked into a brightly-lit room.

We walked into a room that was brightly lit.

It was quite a thought-provoking book.

The book was quite thought provoking.
 the well-known actress
But:
The actress is well known.

a dark-blue uniform a uniform is dark blue

a navy - blue hat a hat is navy blue
an old - looking building an building is old looking
a fast - running horse a horse is fast running
a heart - breaking story a story is heart breaking
an old - established tradition an tradition is old established
a home - made cake a cake is home made
a four - letter word a word is four letter
a fifteen - year - old boy
a boy is fifteen year old
 Rewrite compound adjectives

an innovative plan to save money.= an innovative money-saving plan.

Her brother had a sharp mind.= Her brother was sharp-minded
My cat died suddenly when it was ten years old.= My ten-year-old cat died suddenly.
The price of the car was high. = It was a high-priced car.
The duck has flat feet. = That’s a flat-footed duck.

An informative notes to learn English= an informative English-learning notes

His sister had a short hair= His sister Was short- haired
My car repaired suddenly when it was one day ago= one-day-ago my car repaired suddenly
The distance of the place was long= it was a long-distanced place
The table has four feet=it’s a four-footed table
 COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
Compound Adjectives With Numbers Adjective / Adverb + Past Adjective / Adverb / Noun + Present Participle (-ING)

Participle
My ten-year-old cat died suddenly. Her brother was sharp-minded He suggested an innovative money-saving plan
I got a 300-dollar chainsaw for two hundred It was a high-priced car. Did you know that there are meat-eating plants?
dollars That’s a flat-footed duck. We’d like you to be part of the decision-making process.
He drives a one-ton truck