Already it was deep summer on roadhouse roofs and in front of wayside garages, where new red gas-pumps sat out in pools of light, and when I reached my estate at West Egg I ran the car under its shed and sat for a while on an abandoned grass roller in the yard.
F. Scott Fitzgerald,
The Great Gatsby, 1925.
a. Observez les groupes nominaux en jaune. De quel type de mots se composent-ils ?
b. Observez les mots en gras. Indiquez les deux parties qui forment le nom composé. Quels sont leurs rôles ?
Roadhouse
Wayside
Gas-pumps
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Practice!
Complétez les phrases suivantes en formant des mots composés à partir des mots ci-dessous.
1. He was sleeping in hiswhen I arrived.
2. He has had twosince he got his.
3. They got married in thelast weekend.
4. My boy goes. It is one of his hobbies.