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JUST ENGLISH ONLINE. STUDENT’S WORKSHEET: Taylor Swift Issue Glastonbury Festival © 2003-2010 Just English Sdn Bhd. All rights reserved. Web: http://magazine.justenglish.com 1 EXERCISE 1 List 7 hyphenated words before a noun from the text. 1. _________________________ 2. _________________________ 3. _________________________ 4. _________________________ 5. _________________________ 6. _________________________ 7. _________________________ EXERCISE 2 Insert hyphens in these sentences. 1. Ted’s mother in law wore a three quarter length skirt. 2. Ludwig van Beethoven was a famous 18 th century composer. 3. Jane lives in a six storey apartment in a middle class neighbourhood. 4. Mrs Duncan teaches a class of eight year old children. 5. I sat for a two hour maths exam and a one and a half hour English exam. 6. The thief was unable to scale the 10 metre high fence. 7. My dad bought me a one size fits all T shirt from Japan. 8. Mother bought some over the counter medication and a medium sized cola. 9. Robert Pattinson is a well known and good looking actor. 10. Gisele Bundchen is long legged and the world’s highest paid model. 11. The politician gave an eager to please, long winded speech. 12. His new laptop is user friendly and uses state of the art technology. Hyphens can be used to show: a) Compound words e.g. T-shirt b) Two or more adjectives before a noun e.g. friendly-looking man c) Two adverbs before a noun e.g. well-known actress d) Numbers, fractions, size and height e.g. twenty-five cats, one-third of the pie, 10-storey building e) Age e.g. a four-year-old girl, a 14 th -century painting f) Prefixes e.g. all-purpose flour, self-employed man, anti-aging cream g) Phrases describing nouns e.g. all-you-can-eat buffet star-studded gathering Lady Gaga AFlickion/flickr.com

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Page 1: JUST ENGLISH ONLINE. STUDENT’S WORKSHEET: Taylor Swift

JUST ENGLISH ONLINE. STUDENT’S WORKSHEET: Taylor Swift Issue

Glastonbury Festival

© 2003-2010 Just English Sdn Bhd. All rights reserved. Web: http://magazine.justenglish.com

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EXERCISE 1

List 7 hyphenated words before a noun from the text.

1. _________________________

2. _________________________

3. _________________________

4. _________________________

5. _________________________

6. _________________________

7. _________________________

EXERCISE 2

Insert hyphens in these sentences.

1. Ted’s mother in law wore a three quarter length skirt.

2. Ludwig van Beethoven was a famous 18th century composer.

3. Jane lives in a six storey apartment in a middle class neighbourhood.

4. Mrs Duncan teaches a class of eight year old children.

5. I sat for a two hour maths exam and a one and a half hour English exam.

6. The thief was unable to scale the 10 metre high fence.

7. My dad bought me a one size fits all T shirt from Japan.

8. Mother bought some over the counter medication and a medium sized cola.

9. Robert Pattinson is a well known and good looking actor.

10. Gisele Bundchen is long legged and the world’s highest paid model.

11. The politician gave an eager to please, long winded speech.

12. His new laptop is user friendly and uses state of the art technology.

Hyphens can be used to show:

a) Compound words e.g. T-shirt

b) Two or more adjectives before a noun e.g. friendly-looking man

c) Two adverbs before a noun e.g. well-known actress

d) Numbers, fractions, size and height e.g. twenty-five

cats, one-third of the pie, 10-storey building

e) Age e.g. a four-year-old girl, a 14th-century painting f) Prefixes e.g. all-purpose flour, self-employed man,

anti-aging cream

g) Phrases describing nouns e.g. all-you-can-eat buffet

star-studded gathering

Lady Gaga AFlickion/flickr.com

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13. David Copperfield is a world famous illusionist who owns a 150 acre island

resort in the Bahamas.

GROUP ACTIVITY

There are some strange festivals that are celebrated every year around the world.

Read about these festivals and make notes:

1. Tomato fight festival in Spain (La Tomatina)

2. Monkey Buffet Festival in Thailand

The Monkey Buffet Festival is held in front of the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok thaiphotoblogs

grahammclellan/flickr.com

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3. Roswell UFO Festival in New Mexico

roswellufofestival.com