Motion Pictures – Word Study

N=Verb +
He plays football.
He is a football player.
They are making holidays.
They are holiday –makers.
I collect stamps.
I am a stamp-collector.
Pop
Football
Holiday-
Stamp-

singer
player
maker
collector
Noun +
Verb – or/er
Noun compound
Noun compound
He makes shoes.
He is a shoemaker
N + V- er
He makes shoes.
He is a .
shoemaker
shoesmaker

Yesterday, I went to the bank to borrow some money. ”What would I do for you, sir?”, the bank manager asked. “ Yes, my name is Tom Baker. I am living in 123 Carton Street, Boston. I would like to borrow some money to buy a new house.” “All right,” the bank manager replied, ”First, tell me about your job, income and your family .” ”I am a taxi driver. I earn about $1,000 a month. There are four members in my family.

My wife is a dressmaker. My son is working in a cinema company. He is a film editor.
He doesn’t come home until very late at night. My daughter is a bookseller in the Central Bookshop. She is also a good tennis player. She’s always a tennis record-holder in the city. We would like to borrow about $25,000 to buy a new house in the countryside.” “ All right. So, why do you want to buy a new house?”
Yesterday, I went to the bank to borrow some money. ”What would I do for you, sir?”, the
bank manager asked. “Yes, my name is Tom Baker. I am living in 123 Carton Street, Boston. I would like to borrow some money to buy a new house”.
“All right,” the bank manager replied, ”First, tell me about your job, income and your family .”
“I am a taxi driver. I earn about $1,000 a month. There are four members in my family.

My wife is a dressmaker. My son is working in a cinema company. He is a film editor. He doesn’t come home until very late at night. My daughter is a bookseller in the Central Bookshop. She is also a good tennis player. She’s always a tennis record-holder in the city.

We would like to borrow about $25,000 to buy a new house in the countryside” “All right. So, why do you want to buy a new house?”

Peter Sampras is the
best …………………in the world.
tennis player
2. -Oh, what a beautiful dress! Where did you buy it?
-No, I didn’t buy it. I had my sister, a……………. make it for me.
dressmaker
3. - Oh, it’s too late. I’ll miss the flight.
- Shall I call you a ………… to drive you to the airport?
taxi driver
4. When you come to the bank to borrow money, you have to contact the ………………….to ask for information.
bank manager
5. Among five individuals whose contributions are important to a finished film is a ………………
film editor
Lorry
Football
Bus
Hockey
Goal
Shop
Shoe
Book
Film


player
maker
keeper
driver
editor
book

football
hockey
A record player
1. A person who plays records
2. A machine which is used for reproducing sounds from records
A record holder
1. A person who holds a record
2. A thing which holds a record
A pen holder
1. A thing to hold pens
2. A person who holds pens
A bottle opener
1. A person who can open bottles
2. A thing which is used for opening bottles
A tin opener
1. A thing which is used for opening tins
2. A person who can open tins
A fruit-seller
I sell…
A car cleaner
taxi
Make sentences, using the following noun compounds
Ticket collector
Book keeper
Ballet dancer