CAE NOUN PHRASES

Question 0

Products from dead animals

Answer 0

NOUN + NOUN

A chicken sandwich

Question 1

What things are made of

Answer 1

NOUN + NOUN

A silver spoon

Question 2

Things that occur or appear regularly

Answer 2

NOUN + NOUN

Daytime television

Question 3

Duration… The first noun is hyphenated and in the singular

Answer 3

NOUN + NOUN

A five-hour delay

Question 4

Containers

Answer 4

NOUN + NOUN

A beer bottle

Question 5

Possession by a particular person or animal

Answer 5

NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN

Sally’s bicycle

Question 6

Something that is used by people or animals in general

Answer 6

NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN

A bees’ nest

Question 7

An action done to or by a particular person

Answer 7

NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN

Mr Smith’s resignation

Question 8

Products from living animals

Answer 8

NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN

A hen’s egg

Question 9

Things that occurred at a specific time

Answer 9

NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN

Last week’s lesson

Question 10

Parts of people’s and animals’ bodies

Answer 10

NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN

The dog’s tail

Question 11

Duration… As an alternative to the NOUN + NOUN structure

Answer 11

NOUN + ‘S / S’ + NOUN

Two years’ absence

Question 12

For containers and their contents

Answer 12

NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN

A bottle of beer

Question 13

With words like… top, bottom, side, edge, back, front, beginning, middle, and end…

to indicate a part of something

Answer 13

NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN

The middle of the lesson

Question 14

To describe the characteristics of a person or thing

Answer 14

NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN

A place of great beauty

Question 15

Where no commonly accepted compound noun exists

Answer 15

NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN

The woman on the radio

Question 16

In a large number of collocations

Answer 16

NOUN + PREPOSITION + NOUN

An invasion of privacy
A source of inspiration