Compound adjectives
6 Minute Vocabulary
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Hello
and
welcome
to
Six
Minute
Vocabulary
,
I'm
Thin
,
and
I'm
Catherine
.
In
today's
program
,
we're
looking
at
compound
adjectives
like
in
a
22
hour
journey
.
We'll
look
at
what
compound
adjectives
are
.
We'll
see
how
to
use
them
,
and
they'll
be
a
punctuation
tip
and
a
quiz
and
we'll
leave
you
with
a
top
tip
for
learning
vocabulary
.
But
first
,
let's
hear
from
Rob
.
Rob's
a
racing
driver
and
he's
being
interviewed
after
a
race
.
Yes
.
And
here's
a
question
to
think
about
while
you
listen
.
How
fast
was
Rob's
lap
time
?
Let's
find
out
.
Rob
,
congratulations
on
your
latest
win
.
What
did
that
last
victory
mean
to
you
?
Honestly
,
I
expected
to
win
.
I
mean
,
you
don't
come
second
in
a
high
quality
vehicle
like
mine
.
That's
true
.
It's
an
impressive
motor
.
But
what
you
did
was
amazing
.
Your
fastest
lap
time
was
truly
incredible
.
Well
,
you're
right
.
You
don't
see
a
70
second
lap
every
day
.
Thanks
for
your
time
,
Rob
.
Well
,
this
year
,
the
drivers
are
hoping
to
complete
the
four
kilometer
course
in
an
even
faster
time
.
So
,
Rob
,
the
racing
driver
did
a
70
second
lap
well
done
to
you
if
you
got
that
right
.
And
that's
our
first
example
of
a
compound
A.
It's
made
with
a
number
like
70
and
a
noun
like
second
,
70
second
.
We
put
seventy
second
in
front
of
another
noun
like
lap
making
a
compound
adjective
which
describes
a
noun
,
a
70
second
lap
.
Let's
hear
another
example
again
,
starting
with
a
number
.
But
this
time
the
noun
describes
lenth
instead
of
time
.
Well
,
this
year
the
drivers
are
hoping
to
complete
the
four
kilometer
course
in
an
even
faster
time
.
So
the
number
four
with
the
noun
kilometer
go
together
to
make
an
adjective
for
km2
and
take
note
there's
no
s
at
the
end
of
KM
.
That's
right
.
And
there's
no
because
the
word
kilometer
functions
as
an
adjective
here
and
we
can't
make
adjectives
plural
.
So
the
adjective
for
KM
describes
the
noun
course
a
four
kilometer
course
.
That's
right
.
Some
more
examples
with
length
are
a
26
mile
race
,
a
six
foot
man
.
Now
for
a
punctuation
note
,
when
you
write
a
number
noun
,
compound
adjective
,
you
need
to
join
the
two
parts
together
with
a
hyphen
,
a
little
horizontal
line
between
the
two
words
.
That's
right
.
So
you
write
a
70
hyphen
,
second
lap
,
a
six
hyphen
.
You're
listening
to
BBC
Learning
English
.
And
we're
talking
about
compound
adjectives
.
Here's
Rob
again
,
listen
out
for
another
type
of
compound
adjective
.
Honestly
,
I
expected
to
win
.
I
mean
,
you
don't
come
second
in
a
high
quality
vehicle
like
mine
.
Did
you
get
that
?
It
was
high
quality
,
a
high
quality
vehicle
.
So
as
well
as
using
numbers
,
we
can
also
make
compound
adjectives
with
the
words
high
or
low
,
plus
a
noun
so
high
plus
quality
equals
high
quality
,
like
high
quality
vehicle
low
plus
cost
equals
low
cost
,
like
low
cost
airline
.
How
do
you
feel
about
low
cost
airlines
,
Catherine
?
Yes
,
well
,
after
my
last
experience
,
never
again
.
Never
again
.
Never
,
never
some
more
examples
anyway
.
,
high
speed
,
a
high
speed
motorbike
and
low
fat
and
low
fat
yogurt
.
And
if
you're
writing
,
don't
forget
,
join
the
two
parts
together
with
a
hyphen
.
And
now
it's
quiz
time
completely
sentences
.
will
tell
you
the
answers
.
Ready
?
No
one
in
a
balanced
diet
,
it's
important
to
eat
a
high
quality
carbohydrates
or
be
high
quality
carbohydrates
.
It's
a
high
quality
carbohydrates
.
Well
done
if
you
got
that
.
Number
two
,
the
flight
from
London
to
New
York
is
a
a
nine
hour
trip
or
B
,
a
nine
hour
trip
.
The
answer
is
B
,
a
nine
hour
trip
.
Number
three
,
every
morning
,
Catherine
goes
for
a
a
six
mile
run
or
B
,
a
six
miles
run
.
And
the
answer
is
a
six
mile
run
.
But
I
don't
you
don't
really
deal
in
any
case
.
Well
done
.
If
you
got
those
right
at
home
and
we're
almost
at
the
end
of
the
show
.
But
before
we
go
,
here's
today's
top
tip
for
learning
vocabulary
,
which
is
,
.
If
you
use
social
media
,
join
an
English
learning
group
.
When
you
learn
a
new
word
,
try
to
include
it
in
at
least
three
of
your
posts
that
will
help
you
remember
the
word
.
And
there's
more
about
this
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BBC
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English
dot
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.
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