CAE NOUN PHRASES Flashcards
Products from dead animals
NOUN + NOUN
A chicken sandwich
What things are made of
NOUN + NOUN
A silver spoon
Things that occur or appear regularly
NOUN + NOUN
Daytime television
Duration… The first noun is hyphenated and in the singular
NOUN + NOUN
A five-hour delay
Containers
NOUN + NOUN
A beer bottle
Possession by a particular person or animal
NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN
Sally’s bicycle
Something that is used by people or animals in general
NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN
A bees’ nest
An action done to or by a particular person
NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN
Mr Smith’s resignation
Products from living animals
NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN
A hen’s egg
Things that occurred at a specific time
NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN
Last week’s lesson
Parts of people’s and animals’ bodies
NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN
The dog’s tail
Duration… As an alternative to the NOUN + NOUN structure
NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN
Two years’ absence
For containers and their contents
NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN
A bottle of beer
With words like… top, bottom, side, edge, back, front, beginning, middle, and end…
to indicate a part of something
NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN
The middle of the lesson
To describe the characteristics of a person or thing
NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN
A place of great beauty
Where no commonly accepted compound noun exists
NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN
The woman on the radio
In a large number of collocations
NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN
An invasion of privacy
A source of inspiration
