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1.4 WORD BUILDING Complete the table with words which have related meanings.

Noun Verb Adjective
demolition
(place, activity)
(company, person) undeveloped
resident (person)
(place)
environment x
(person, activist)
pollution (problem)
(substance)

El Complete the compound nouns in these sentences with words from the box.

area attractions city fumes Jams pollution rush traffic transport
The Eiffel Tower is one of the most popular tourist
1 in the world.
Our council is doing everything it can to combat
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congestion, including charging drivers every time they drive into the
Some adjectives have a special
centre.
The underground is an integral part of the public
3 meaning as noun suffixes.
system in many large cities. -. Pee = without an undesirable
thing:1 always buy fat-free yoghurt.
4 Since the town centre became a traffic-free pedestrian
-friendly = suitable for or

shopping has been a more pleasant experience.
welcoming of: Child-friendly
from cars, buses and lorries are the main
Exhaust
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in cities.
cause of air -mad = liking or doing something
obsessively: My husband is
6 during the morning and
There are frequent traffic
football-mad.
hours in many towns and cities.
evening
Note: The noun in these phrases
is singular.
1.6 Complete the following sentences using the words in bold and a
suffix from the Vocabulary note.
1 Our neighbourhood doesn't have any crime. It's a
neighbourhood.
In everyday speech and writing we
2 There's a zone around the school where cars cannot go. It's a use people as the plural form of
person: There were a lot of people on
zone.
3 The council is planning to make the city centre suitable for cyclists. It's the station, but only one person got on
centre.
going to be a the train.
The plural form persons is rarely
4 I need accommodation where they allow pets. I need
used in speech, but is used in certain
accommodation.
formal contexts: The crime was
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The young people around here are all obsessed with their cars. They're all committed by person or persons
unknown.
Many of my colleagues are obsessive about their work. They're all
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