1) "All that whining for washing these few dishes" if you can point to the dishes you're talking about. "All that whining for washing so few dishes" otherwise. "Just for washing" is fine. "Is all that really just about washing so/these few dishes" is also a good way. 2) "Gold necklace" if it is gold, "Golden necklace" if it is a gold colour or you want to emphasize colour. "Silk dress", can't think of anywhere you'd say "Silken dress". "Wood floor" is best. Generally if you want to describe something with the material, say the material and not the adjective version of it. You use the adjective when you want to draw a metaphor ("His wooden posture....") or use an aspect of that material ("The door's papery thinness"), but there are exceptions here too. Something like "His steel grey eyes" is okay, but "His steely grey eyes" is also good, though second one also puts the steel modifier on eyes as well. 3) Not sure what you're trying to say here. If you're trying to say that the kid keeps repeating mommy over and over again, the mother might say "You never pay attention to me, but as soon as you need me it's "Mommy! Mommy!"". Hope that helps. Metaphor stuff is really tricky but every time if you're trying to use a material as an adjective you use the noun version and not the adjective one (eg Wood is noun, wooden is adjective in case that wasn't clear).