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Compound Nouns
A compound noun is a noun that is made with two or more words. A compound noun is usually [noun + noun] or [adjective + noun], but there are other combinations (see below). It isimportant to understand and recognize compound nouns. Each compound noun acts as a single unit and can be modified by adjectives and other nouns.
There are three forms for compound nouns:
1. open orspaced - space between words (tennis shoe)
2. hyphenated - hyphen between words (six-pack)
3. closed or solid - no space or hyphen between words (bedroom)
Here are some examples of compoundnouns:
noun | + | noun | bus stop | Is this the bus stop for the number 12 bus? |
| | | fire-fly | In the tropics you can see fire-flies at night. |
| | | football | Shall weplay football today? |
adjective | + | noun | full moon | I always feel crazy at full moon. |
| | | blackboard | Clean the blackboard please. |
| | | software | I can't install this software on my PC. |verb(-ing) | + | noun | breakfast | We always eat breakfast at 8am. |
| | | washing machine | Put the clothes in the red washing machine. |
| | | swimming pool | What a beautiful swimmingpool! |
noun | + | verb(-ing) | sunrise | I like to get up at sunrise. |
| | | haircut | You need a haircut. |
| | | train-spotting | His hobby is train-spotting. |
verb | + | preposition| check-out | Please remember that check-out is at 12 noon. |
noun | + | prepositional phrase | mother-in-law | My mother-in-law lives with us. |
preposition | + | noun | underworld | Do youthink the police accept money from theunderworld? |
noun | + | adjective | truckful | We need 10 truckfuls of bricks. |
Pronunciation
Compound nouns tend to have more stress on the first word. In thephrase "pink ball", both words are equally stressed (as you know, adjectives and nouns are always stressed). In the compound noun "golf ball", the first word is stressed more (even though both...