Lesson 3 , unit 6

COMPOUND NOUNS
Compound nouns are nouns formed by combining 2 or more words. Usually
it is noun + noun (e.g. coffee+ maker > coffee maker) or adjective + noun
(e.g. micro + wave > microwave) but sometimes there can be other
combinations.
• The second word is the general noun, the first word more specific. A hair dryer
is a machine for drying hair (different from a clothes dryer, which dries clothes).
• Sometimes the two words are joined together: dishwasher
• Sometimes the two words are joined by a hyphen, especially if the compund
word becomes an adjective:the English-speaking world
• Sometimes the two words are separate: coffee maker
• The stress is normally on the first word: DISHwasher
 
 Culture counts
• Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an
American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that
greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the
motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
He was called "The Wizard of Menlo Park", and he was one of the first
inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale
teamwork to the process of invention. Edison was a prolific inventor,
holding 1,093 US patents in his name. His inventions contributed to
mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. These
included a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for an
electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion pictures.
 Exercises
• Ex 1.1 make, do
• In the dialogue, Juan says "It's not worth making a rota for
that"
The phrase  It's worth it/__ing = It's a useful/good thing to
do. For example: if you visit London, it's worth going on the
London Eye
Shall we help Juan tidy up? No, it's not worth it- he's nearly
finished
See ---------------Properly speaking(platform)
 PHRASAL VERBS (MULTI-WORD VERBS)

 There are many verbs in English that consist of a verb and

a preposition /adverb. You already know several: get up,
look after,put on, look for, look up, etc.
Sometimes the meanings of the two parts can help you
guess the meaning  of the phrasal verb: e.g. switch on, cut
off. With other phrasal verbs, the separate meanings do not
help you, e.g. get up.
(Do exercise on the platform)
WORD ORDER OF PHRASAL VERBS

1. Separable phrasal verbs:
a) If the object of the phrasal verb is a noun you can put it between the verb and the
preposition/adverb or after the preposition /adverb:
Please put the air conditioning on/put on the air conditioning.
b) If the object of the phrasal verb is a pronoun, you must put it between the verb and the
preposition/adverb:
Please put IT on    Not: Please put on it
2. Inseparable phrasal verbs:
With other verbs, the noun and pronoun are always after the preposition/adverb.
Look after your brother/him       Not: Look your brother/him after
(do the exercise on the platform)
 The Milk Round

Originally, milk (and other dairy products like cheese and yoghurt) needed to be delivered to
houses daily because it quickly went bad in the days before refrigeration. In the UK, the milkman
driving his electric milk float (or before the 1950s, a horse-drawn float) was a common sight early
in the morning. Milk was delivered to people’s doorsteps, originally in open bottles. Then from
the 1950s in bottles with aluminium tops. One type of bird, the blue tit learned how to make a
hole in the tops to drink the cream at the top of the bottle.
 Nowadays, everyone has a fridge (refrigerator) at home in the developed world and often prefers
semi-skimmed milk so the business has shrunk or disappeared and the tits can’t get their cream
anymore.  Milkmen (and women) still play a valuable role in noticing when milk is not being used-
this can be the first indication that something has happened to the house owner.
Nowadays, the term milk round applies also to the Jobs Fair of prospective employers which visits
the UK universities every year looking for good candidates.
 4.song

• Actividad
Look at these examples from the song
You left the water running
when you left me behind
• Leave + substantive+ preposition/_ing
You didn't turn off the lights> You left the lights on.
You didn't close the door> You left the door open.
You didn't arrive on time> You left me waiting