A compound word is a word made up from two or more other words joined together. They are often created to describe a new concept or idea and are thus neologisms.
As a simple example, take the words foot and ball. These were brought together to describe the game: football. Likewise the following are just a few of the many, many compound words in English:
eyesight, airport, overtake, earthworm…
Simply put, Interrogative Adjectives are adjectives which modify a noun (like all adjectives do) and also ask a question.
These are the interrogative adjectives:
what
whose
which
Any sentence which begins with an interrogative adjective is a question:
Which coat is yours?
What time is it?
Whose car is blocking the drive?
Like all adjectives, interrogative adjectives modify a noun:
{adjective} + {noun phrase} + {…}
whose + dog…
When we use nouns, we often use them with one or more other words to make a noun phrase.
A noun phrase therefore is a group of words which contains a noun and one or more words that describe it further.
Very often we put a determiner in front of the noun to make a noun phrase:
{determiner} + {noun}
a banana
the house
some…
Adjectives normally tell us more about nouns e.g.
{adjective} + {noun}
rich + people
poor + men
Adjectives as Nouns
However, we can also use an adjective as a noun by using this pattern:
the + {adjective}
We use this to talk about a group of people:
The rich get richer while the poor get poorer.
We can also use it to talk about an abstract idea…
Adjectival phrases are phrases that function as adjectives. They consist of the adjective(s) that modifies a noun and any adverb(s) or other elements that modify that adjective.
Adjectival phrases always occur inside noun phrases.
They always have a house full of friends during the summer.
She prepared a wonderfully light meal.
Adjectival phrases can also complete the verb, acting as complement.
She is really boring.
Today the weather was…
