2014-07-14 Structure order of adjectives & test

p. 141 exercise 3
2 a one-paragraph(-long)
3 a 300-page(-long)
4 a six-year(-long)
5 a stress-related
6 an eyesight-related
7 a ten-gallon
8 performance-induced ("anxiety" is noncount = no "a")
9 a two-month(-long)

five dollar bills / five-dollar bills

   a 100-mile river / a 100-mile-long river
a two-month program / a two-month-long program
     a six-foot man / a six-foot-tall man
    a 200-pound man / (NO: a 200-pound-heavy man)
(NO a six-year boy) / a six-year-old boy

The river is 100 miles long.
The program is two months long. / lasts two months.
The man is six feet tall.
The man weighs 200 pounds. / The man is 200 pounds.
The boy is six. / The boy is six years old.

p. 142 exercise 4
2 a long-haired cat
3 a comfortable old jacket
4 an amusing and interesting experience
5 an 11-year-old child
6 an award-winning movie (the movie received awards)
 (an awarded movie = the movie was the award)
7 a three-legged table
8 unusual-looking people
9 a short blue cotton skirt
10 a Chinese jade bowl
11 a 60-story building
12 a 90-pound bag (about 40kg)

  Someone gave me money. / Someone gave money to me.
  I   was given   money (by someone).
Money was given to me   (by someone).

He looked good. = He was good-looking.
  The eye saw everything. = It was an all-seeing eye.
The frog was rarely seen. = It was a rarely-seen frog.

The movie confused the audience. = It was a confusing movie.
				 = It had a confused audience.
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TEST
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part 3:
1, 3, 8 - "genetically", "scientifically", "rather" - adverbs
- they go BEFORE the adjectives they modify "rather negative"
- these same adverbs can go AFTER a modified verb
("rather" modifies "negative")
2 - "much praise" is in a simple affirmative sentence
("a lot of praise" would be better, but the others are wrong)

part 4:
2 - generic, *all* mankind
3 - "a barrel" because it's the first time we mention it
5 - "the barrel" because it's the same barrel as #3
7 - "another" = an + other
8 - "natural" is about the origin (even if people can disagree about whether something is really natural)
11 - "dangerous" is opinion, "bacterial" is material
natural bacterial growth (OK) / bacterial natural growth (NO)