Réfléchir à la formation des mots est une aide précieuse à la compréhension.
L'observation des constructions permet de 'décoder' de nombreux mots.
Adj + Ving a hard-working student |
Adj + Ved a hard-boiled egg |
Adj + Ned a blue-eyed girl |
Adj + Adj a dark-blue suit |
Adj + N a high-speed machine |
N + Ving a heart-breaking story |
N + Ved a heart-broken man |
N + Adj a sea-sick sailor |
N + N a random-access memory |
Adv + Ving a never-ending story |
Adv + Ved an under-privileged person |
Adv +Adv a far-away land |
Divers a ten-year-old girl |
Divers a six-foot-tall athlete |
Divers the nine o'clock news |