Level: beginner
We often use two nouns together to show that one thing is a part of something else:
the village church
the chair leg
my coat pocket
London residents
In these examples, the first noun is called a noun modifier.
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We do not use a possessive form for these things. We do NOT talk about:
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We can use noun modifiers to show what something is made of:
a gold watch
a leather purse
a metal box
We often use noun modifiers with nouns ending in –er:
an office worker
a jewellery maker
a potato peeler
We use measurements, age or value as noun modifiers:
a thirty-kilogram suitcase
a two-minute rest
a five-thousand-euro platinum watch
a fifty-kilometre journey
We often use nouns ending in -ing as noun modifiers:
a shopping list
a swimming lesson
a walking holiday
a washing machine
We often put two nouns together and readers/listeners have to work out what they mean:
an ice bucket
(= a bucket to keep ice in)an ice cube
(= a cube made of ice)an ice breaker
(= a ship which breaks ice)the ice age
(= the time when much of the Earth was covered in ice)
Sometimes we find more than two nouns together:
London office workers
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Noun modifiers come after adjectives:
the old newspaper seller
a tiring fifty-kilometre journey
"Put your question in the box"
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| نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
|---|---|---|---|
| zahra namdari | 2 | 100/00 % | |
| یاشار اسکندری | 2 | 100/00 % | |
| Fatemh Tanhaei on | 2 | 40/71 % |
| نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
|---|---|---|---|
| َAmeneh Darvishzadeh | 1 | 100/00 % | |
| Mehrad Hashemi | 1 | 100/00 % | |
| مهدی حسین پور آقائی | 1 | 100/00 % | |
| Farnoush Toghiany | 21 | 98/36 % | |
| zahra namdari | 46 | 98/21 % | |
| یاسمن محمدی پور | 4 | 98/08 % | |
| Sheida Taheri | 3 | 97/37 % | |
| پژمان همدانی | 3 | 97/37 % | |
| محمدحسین میرزایی | 3 | 97/30 % | |
| Tara Mohammadi | 3 | 96/43 % | |
| yasaman mohamadipur | 51 | 95/86 % | |
| محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی | 3 | 94/44 % | |
| Arzhang Saberi | 4 | 93/33 % | |
| Soheila Karimi | 124 | 92/73 % | |
| aram farhmand | 10 | 92/31 % | |
| یاشار اسکندری | 98 | 91/14 % | |
| الشان مقیمی آذر | 11 | 90/80 % | |
| عباس پورمیدانی | 1 | 90/00 % | |
| پریسا سلوکی شهرضایی | 72 | 89/49 % | |
| ارشیا قلمکاری | 33 | 89/23 % |