Question

Fill in the gaps with the following compound adjectives: good-sized; nine-room; hard-kept; well-ordered; night-coming; old-fashioned; barren-looking; three-act; car-sick.
1. Gold is a … secret. 2. It was a plain … curiosity that made me follow that trail. 3. He was alone under the … sky. 4. They bought a … house in the suburbs of the city. 5. The rider would turn off the trail into the … hills. 6. Folks who lived quietly in … communities never faced up to such a situation like his. 7. The rest of the meat had been pulled from the tree and a … hunk had been cut off. 8. It was a … play and we enjoyed it. 9. Being … she always travels by train.

Answer 1

1 hard-kept

2 well-ordered

3 night-comeing

4 nine-room

5 barren-looking

6 old-fashioned

7 good-sized

8 three-act

9 car-sick