Revision:

1. Give a definition of compounds. What is the difference between a compound and a word-combination?

2. Explain the notion of ‘endocentric compounds’. What is their structure?

3. What is an exocentric compound? Give examples.

4. Give a definition of bahuvrihe. Exemplify your answer.

5. What are the main types of the compounds spelling? Are there any differences between American English and British English variants?

6. What are the main stress patterns in compounds as opposed to the word-combinations?

7. List some grammatical relations between compound noun components. Give examples.

8. What are the chief grammatical relations between the components of compound adjectives? Give examples.

9. What are the two main types of compound nouns? Give examples.

10. Explain the notion of incorporation. Give examples.

11. When do compound adjectives receive solid spelling? Give examples.

12. List the cases when a compound adjective should be spelt through a hyphen. Give examples.

13. Which compound adjectives are not normally hyphenated? Give examples.

14. What are the most frequent grammatical structures of compound verbs? Give examples.

15. What do you know about multicomponent compounds?