Compound adjectives | Exercises with answers

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Exercise 2

Finish these sentences by using compound adjectives of measurement:

Ex: a festival that lasts two days is a two-day festival

1. A magazine with forty pages is a
2. The bottle can hold two litres: it’s a 
3. A cake that costs five dollars is a 
4. The answer is worth five thousand dollars: it’s a
5. The walk covers ten miles: it’s a
6. The glass can contain 20 centilitre: it’s a
7. The book has 500 pages: it’s a
8. This tower is 300 feet high: it’s a
9. I work eight hours every day: I work an
10. There was a delay of thirty seconds: there was a
11. This building has twenty floors: it’s a
12. A break that lasts ten minutes is a
13. A vacation that lasts two weeks is a
14. This visit lasts 2 hours : it’s a
15. A woman who is fourty years old is a

 

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ANSWERS

1. a forty-page magazine
2. a two-litre bottle
3. a five-dollar cake
4. a five-thousand dollar answer
5. a ten-mile walk
6. a 20-centilitre glass
7. a 500-page book 
8. a 300-foot-high tower
9. an eight-hour day
10. a thirty-second delay
11. a twenty-floor building
12. a ten-minute break
13. a two-weeks vacation
14. a 2-hour-visit
15. a fourty-year-old-woman

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