Vocabulary/Grammar Revision from Reading Exercise 6 (Flatfish) A

TOEFL B – Vocabulary/Grammar Revision (29 April 2014)
Kris Sullivan
1
Vocabulary/Grammar Revision from Reading Exercise 6 (Flatfish)
A. Are these word combinations
Noun + Noun (NN 名詞+名詞),
Adjective + Noun (AN 形容詞+名詞) OR
Past-Participle + Noun (PPN 過去分詞+名詞) ?
Write NN, AN, or PPN next to each word combination:
1. flatfish family
Æ _________
(
)
2. evolutionary advantage
Æ _________
(
)
3. body coloration
Æ _________
(
)
4. different environments
Æ _________
(
)
5. aquatic chameleons
Æ _________
(
)
6. flattened bodies
Æ _________
(
)
7. ocean floor
Æ _________
(
)
8. shallower areas
Æ _________
(
)
9. continental shelf
Æ _________
(
)
10. subtlest gradations
Æ _________
(
)
11. sea bottom
Æ _________
(
)
12. sea life
Æ _________
(
)
13. nervous system
Æ _________
(
)
14. new environment
Æ _________
(
)
B. Look at these word combinations. Each of these word combinations has 2 parts.
Mark the parts. Then, think about the word form of each word:
a) colorfully decorated ocean neighbors
(
)
b) remarkably sensitive color vision
(
)
c) pigment-carrying skin cells
(
)
C. Now, check the Japanese meaning of all of these phrases and write them in the
brackets () above.
TOEFL B – Vocabulary/Grammar Revision (29 April 2014)
Kris Sullivan
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Vocabulary/Grammar Revision from Reading Exercise 6 (Flatfish) – ANSWERS
Noun + Noun (NN 名詞+名詞),
Adjective + Noun (AN 形容詞+名詞) OR
Past-Participle + Noun (PPN 過去分詞+名詞) ?
A. Are these word combinations
Write NN, AN, or PPN next to each word combination:
1. flatfish family
Æ NN
2. evolutionary advantage
Æ AN （進化上の利点）
3. body coloration
Æ NN
4. different environments
Æ AN （異なる環境）
5. aquatic chameleons
Æ AN （水中のカメレオン）
6. flattened bodies
Æ PPN
7. ocean floor
Æ NN
8. shallower areas
Æ AN （より浅い海域）
9. continental shelf
Æ AN （大陸棚）
10. subtlest gradations
Æ AN （わずかなぼかし）
11. sea bottom
Æ NN
（海底）
12. sea life
Æ NN
（海洋生物）
13. nervous system
Æ AN （神経系）
14. new environment
Æ AN （新しい環境）
（ヒラメ・カレイ科）
（体色）
（扁平な・ぺちゃんこになった体）
（海洋底）
B. Look at these word combinations. Each of these word combinations has 2 parts.
Mark the parts. Then, think about the word form of each word:
a) colorfully decorated 副詞-過去分詞 ocean neighbors 名詞-名詞
b) remarkably sensitive 副詞-形容詞 color vision 名詞-名詞
c) pigment-carrying 名詞-現在分詞
skin cells 名詞-名詞
（色鮮やかな海洋生物）
（非常に敏感な色覚）
（色素運搬の皮膚細胞）
C. Now, check the Japanese meaning of all of these phrases and write them in the
brackets () above.

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