Compound Adjectives

Josh is a boy with curly hair.

• He is a curly-haired boy.

• He is a curly-hair boy.

• He is a hair-curly boy.

• He is a hair-curled boy.

Bryce is a boy with long legs.

• He is a long-leg boy.

• He is a leg-long boy.

• He is a long-legged boy.

• He is a long legged boy.

Mckale's laptop is totally new.

• Mckale's laptop is brand new.

• Mckale's laptop is new-brand.

• Mckale's laptop is new-totally.

• Mckale's laptop is brand-new.

Ms. Linklater likes shoes with high heels.

• Ms. Linklater likes high-heel shoes.

• Ms. Linklater likes high-heeled shoes.

• Ms. Linklater likes heel-high shoes.

• Ms. Linklater likes heel-highed shoes.

Lauren has a babysitting job some of the time.

• he has a some-of-the-time-job.

• She has a part time job.

• She has a some of the time job.

• She has a part-time job.

Katie goes to bed thirty minutes after nine every night.

• Katie goes to bed at nine-thirty.

• Katie goes to bed a thirty-after nine.

• Katie goes to bed at thirty-nine.

• Katie goes to bed at nine-thirty-minutes.

Emily's favourite drink is lemonade that is as cold as ice.

• She likes cold-as-ice lemonade.

• She likes ice cold lemonade.

• She likes ice-cold lemonade.

• She likes cold-ice lemonade.

Josh would like to be very rich when he grows up.

• Josh wants to be well-off.

• Josh wants to be very-rich.

• Josh wants to be well-offed.

• Josh wants to be welled-off.

Emily has a crush on the new boy who looks good.

• She has a crush on the good-look boy.

• She has a crush on the good-looked boy.

• She has a crush on the look-good boy.

• She has a crush on the good-looking boy.

Lauren and Katie made plans at the last minute.

• They made last-minute plans.

• They made last minute plans.

• They made last-planned minute.

• They made last-minuted plans.