Lesson 1: Let’s do some sightseeing

Make compound nouns by matching the words in the two columns.

1. boarding card
2. travel agency
3. five-star hotel
4. package deal
5. packed lunch
6. ski resort
7. car hire
8. self-catering apartment
9. sightseeing
10. seafront

packed lunch → hotels will often give you this if you’re going on a full – day excursion.
2. boarding card → if you lost this, you can’t get on an airplane.
3. Let’s go on a package/packed deal to Italy.
4. packed → lunch
5. self – catering apartment → a place to stay where you cook your own food.
6. package → deal

A. Use the compound nouns on page 44 of the Student’s Book to complete the sentences below.

1. If we get a self-catering apartment in Spain, we can buy food at the market and make our own meals.
2. Let’s not go on a package deal to Italy. It would be more fun to choose our own hotels and tours when we get there.
3. I can’t find my boarding card. I won’t be able to get on the plane if I don’t find it.
4. Let’s go for a walk along the seafront this evening and watch the sunset over the water.
5. I don’t like booking flights online. Let’s go and buy our tickets at that travel agency in Al Saad Street.
6. If you order it now, the hotel kitchen will make a packed lunch for anyone who is going on the tour tomorrow.
7. I spent the morning at the beach and in the afternoon, we did some sightseeing. I took lots of photos of the Roman temples.
8. You can’t rely on public transport on that island. You should find out about car hire so, you can travel more independently.

Compound Nouns أسماء مركبة

للأسماء المركبة ثلاث صيغ:

1. اسمان منفصلان (أو صفة + اسم). مثلاً:

travel + agency→ travel agency وكالة سفر (اسم + اسم).
packed + lunch→ packed lunch غذاء معلب (صفة + اسم).
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2. تفصلهما قاطعة (-) مثلاً:

five + star hotel→five-star hotel

3. غير منفصلان. مثلاً:

sight + seeing→ sightseeing