Unit 4

Unit 4

Compound nouns

Words can be combined to form compound nouns. These are very common, and new combination are invented daily. They normally have to parts:

The first part:

Tell us what kind of object or person it is, or what is the purpose.

The second part

 Identifies the object or person in question.

Examples:

What type/purpose  -   what?/who?

police                           man

boy                              friend

water                           tank

bed                              room

One or two words

There are no clear rules about this- so write the common compounds that you know well as one word, and the others as two words

Practice

Have / Get something done

This construction is passive meaning it describes situations where we want someone else so to something for us ( as a favor o as a service and sometime we pay for it)

We need to use the next structure:

Have/Get+noun+ verb in past participle

Examples:

I mus get/have my hair cut 

We are having the house painted 

 We have the sculpture done for the new house

We use have and get in different situations.

The expression "to have somebody do something is used to talk about activities performed by a specific object.

For example:

1- I will have make repair my car

2- My father had Mr Johnson paint a picture of himself

We use the expression " to get somebody to get something" this is very similar with the first one, however its meaning is closer to persuade

Example:

1- I must get my dad to buy me a new computer

2- We need to get the teacher to give us a good grade

Practice (remember the structure)