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^ Noun + noun. W hat are these people? Put to g e th e r w ords fro m th e tw o boxes and
write the descriptions.

bird bus butterfly computer dog glass hockey/
maths mountain road tennis

blower climber collector driver player/ player
programmer sweeper teacher trainer watcher

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^ Grammar in a text. Read the text and circle the correct forms.
In the ►(centre of Mappleford';/Mappleford centre there's a large ancient covered market with all sorts of

interesting shops: i shops of clothes / clothes shops, butchers, grocers, jewellers etc etc. But my favourite
place in the market is Joe's Cafe. It's a real 2 business of family / family business: Joe, 3 the wife of Joe/ Joe's
wife, his sons, his 4 son's/sons' wives, his daughter and his 5 daughter's/ daughters' boyfriend all work there
at different times. It's not luxurious - there are 6 tables and chairs of plastic / plastic tables and chairs - but it's
excellent value. Joe's Cafe is the best place in town for a full English breakfast. For a few pounds, you get a
big plate of eggs, bacon and sausages, as much toast and butter as you can eat, and an enormous cup of tea.
All sorts of people i have/has breakfast at 8 Joe/Joe's, from professors to 9 drivers of buses / bus drivers /
bus's drivers. When they've all gone off to work, Joe and his family have time for a short rest, and then the
cafe starts filling up with tourists who have come to try Joe's famous io cake of chocolate / chocolate cake.

If you're ever in Mappleford, take my advice and visit Joe's Cafe.

^ Internet exercise. Checking correctness. Use a search engine (e.g. Google). Which of the

following expressions get most hits? So which are correct?
"a heavy baggage" .......... "some heavy baggage" .33.9.9.........
"a coffee table" .................... "a table coffee" ....................
"the President's birthday" .................... "the birthday of the President" ....................
"a bus driver" .................... "a bus's driver" .................... "a driver of bus" ....................

"a gold watch " .................... "a watch of gold" ....................

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