B2 · Upper-intermediate Nouns · Compound

Compound nouns and possessive forms

Estimated study time: about 42 minutes

Meaning and purpose

Noun+noun compounds and possessive 's

Examples

It's a two hours' walk.

Correct versus incorrect

Correct

It's a two hours' walk.

Incorrect example

No paired incorrect sentence has been authored for this lesson yet.

Common misconception

Hyphenation; apostrophe placement

Practice and review

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Answer all, then check

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