Well, we have come to the end of the series on compound nouns. All I have to do is give the answers to the previous post, and they are: hearing aid, human nature, class reunion, blood group, bank account, press conference, junk mail, and shellfish.
Okay, that’s the end of this series on compound nouns.
So, what will I do in the next set of posts? Hmmm, you know, a few days ago it was raining cats and dogs. Well, it wasn't literally raining cats and dogs [as in the above picture], it was just raining heavily. So, why do some people say 'cats and dogs' here. The answer is .... ah, I don't know. Does it make sense? Er, .... not really. But ... well, don't complain. Every language has this sort of stuff, and here are some quotes from the public version of the IELTS Speaking Descriptors.
IELTS Nine = uses idiomatic language naturally.
IELTS Eight = idiomatic vocabulary skillfully.
IELTS Seven = some idiomatic vocabulary.
IELTS Six = language mostly appropriately.
What word is common to every phrase on the right-hand side? The answer: ‘idiomatic’, and 'raining cats and dogs' is an example of that. So, you can see that ‘idiomatic language’ is very important in the IELTS Speaking Test, and in the next post I will begin a 20-post exploration of this subject.
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