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What are compound nouns?

Grammar Toolkit. Compound nouns. What are compound nouns?. Grammar Toolkit. Compound nouns. A compound noun is made by joining two words. basket. ball. sea. food. tooth. paste. Grammar Toolkit. Compound nouns. What compound nouns can you make from these words?.

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What are compound nouns?

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  1. Grammar Toolkit Compound nouns What are compound nouns?

  2. Grammar Toolkit Compound nouns A compound noun is made by joining two words. basket ball sea food tooth paste

  3. Grammar Toolkit Compound nouns What compound nouns can you make from these words? room fall foot flake table bed cloth rain ball print snow river bedroom tablecloth snowfall rainfall footprint snowflake football footfall riverbed

  4. Grammar Toolkit Compound nouns Some compound nouns are spelled as two or more words. washing machine high school spark plug • Some are spelled with one or more hyphens. passer-by dry-cleaning mother-in-law • To check whether a compound noun is one word, two words or hyphenated, look it up in a dictionary.

  5. Grammar Toolkit Compound nouns • A noun is a naming word. A compound noun is a noun made by joining two words. • In the following sentence, the compound nouns are red. There was a red tablecloth, teapot and a vase of sunflowers on the table for breakfast.

  6. Grammar Toolkit Compound nouns The End

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