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Compound nouns
A compound noun is made up of two or more words that together name a person, place, or thing. Compound nouns can be written as a single word, as two words with a hyphen, or as two separate words, with no clear rules on usage. Common compound nouns are made of two nouns, a noun and a verb, a noun and an adjective, or other combinations of parts of speech.
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Compound nouns
- 2. A COMPOUND NOUNconsists of two or more words used together to name one person, place, or thing.
- 3. Check out thechart below: WHAT TYPE / WHAT PURPOSE WHAT / WHO police man boy friend water tank dining table bed room
- 4. The two partsmay be written in a number of ways: 1. As one word. Example: policeman, boyfriend 2. As two words joined with a hypen. Example: dining-table 3. As two separate words. Example: fish tank
- 5. The lifeguard savedthe boy’s life. The passers-by made noise in the corridors. The ice cream is melting.
- 6. There are noclear rules about this – so write the common compunds that you know well as one word, and the others as two words.
- 7. The two partsmay be: Examples: noun + noun bedroom water tank motorcycle noun + verb rainfall haircut train-spotting noun + adverb hanger-on passer-by verb + noun washing machine swimming pool
- 8. verb + adverblookout take-off adjective + noun greenhouse software adjective + verb dry-cleaning public speaking adverb + noun bystander adverb + verb input output overthrow