Grammar：Noun as adjective
【明報專訊】Pat bumps into MoMo outside the cinema. Which movie are they going to watch?
MoMo: Hey, Pat! What are you doing here?
Pat: I'm going to watch a movie. I've read a biography recommended by our school's (1) library teacher and this movie is adapted from it.
MoMo: What a coincident! I'm watching it too. It's a real story about a British (2) war hero who saved many children on battlefields.
Pat: I know! The biography is so touching. Shall we watch it together?
MoMo: Sure, why not? Let me go to the (3) ticket office to get our seats first.
We can use nouns before another noun to give extra information.
e.g. library teacher = a teacher of the library
war hero = a hero who did great things in a war
Pay attention to the first noun that is giving the descriptions. No plural is needed.
Exception: collective nouns that are always plural (e.g. news reporter, clothes shop)
(See table)
e.g.
(ˇ) ticket office：exam results
(╳) tickets office：exams results (even though there may be more than one exam)
■Gear up
Fill in the blanks with a suitable noun from the choices below.
car / chicken / fashion / football
(1) Lily loves dressing herself. She wants to be a __________ designer.
(2) Benny wants to join the __________ team so he practices every day.
(3) There was a carnival at the harbour front so there were many people. The __________ park was full and we couldn't get inside.
(4) The weather is cold outside. Why don't you warm yourself up with some __________ soup?
(Answers on next text)
■Glossary
biography (n) 傳記
recommend (v) 推薦
adapt (v) 改編
coincident (n) 巧合
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