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Noun+noun
Compound noun
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Noun
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Noun
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Bus stop
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Bus
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Stop
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Firefly
|
Fire
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Fly
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Basketball
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Basket
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Ball
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Railway Station
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Railway
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Station
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Football
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Foot
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Ball
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Pen-pusher
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Pen
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Pusher
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Airport
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Air
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Port
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Filename
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File
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Name
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Classroom
|
Class
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Room
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Coursework
|
Course
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Work
| Forming compound nouns
Noun+Verb
Compound noun
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Noun
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Verb
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Haircut
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Hair
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Cut
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Sunrise
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Sun
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Rise
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Sunset
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Sun
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Set
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Healthcare
|
Health
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Care
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Rainfall
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Rain
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Fall
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You can form compound nouns by combining different parts of speech. All compound nouns, though belonging to different parts of speech, perform the same function as a noun.
Forming compound nouns
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Compound noun
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Word1
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Word2
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Noun+gerund
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Handwriting
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Hand
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Writing
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Gerund+noun
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Washing machine
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Washing
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Machine
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Noun+preposition+noun/ noun+ prepositional phrase
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Mother-in-law
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Mother
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In-law
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Preposition+verb
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Undercut
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Under
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Cut
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Verb+preposition
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Makeup
|
Make
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Up
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Preposition+noun
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Upstairs
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Up
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Stairs
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Adjevtive+noun
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Blackboard
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Black
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Board
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Adjective+verb
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Highlight
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High
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Light
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Repetetive words/ Rhyming words
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Chit-chat
Hocus-Pocus
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Chit
Hocus
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Chat
Pocus
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Places, Nationalities and Titles
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Prime Minister
Anglo-Indian
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Prime
Anglo
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Minister
Indian
| Let’s check our knowledge of compound nouns - The teacher wrote down all the sentences on the blackboard.
- The Prime Minister will be meeting the US President tomorrow.
- The security guard got into trouble as he misplaced the walkie-talkie.
- My uncle had a heart attack.
- Sunsets are always a pleasant sight.
Cup
Cake
Cupcake
Sun
flower
Sunflower
Pine
apple
Pineapple
Butter
fly
Butterfly
Stop
watch
Stopwatch
Find a compound nouns
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