English IV 3rd Term

Prof. Joanett Mora

Compound Nouns

COMPOUND NOUNS
(Two words together that form a different word or noun)

An example of Compound Nouns is the Indefinite Pronouns:

PEOPLE THINGS PLACES
Someone/somebody Something Somewhere
Anyone/anybody Anything Anywhere
Everybody / Everyone Everything everywhere

Sometimes the meaning of each word can help us identify or at least give us a clue
about the concept of the new word like:
Door + bell = doorbell sun + shine = sunshine sun+glasses=sunglasses

sun + block = sunblock bed + room = bedroom head + ache = headache

back + ache = backache back + pack = backpack Tooth+brush= toothbrush

Girl+friend=girlfriend Work+book=workbook Rain+coat=raincoat

Dish+washer=dishwasher Fire+fighter= firefighter Sea+food= seafood

On the other hand, sometimes the meaning of each word is totally different from
the new word:

Hot+dog= hotdog

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Compound Nouns
Hot+bed = hotbed

green+house = greenhouse

Jack-in-the-box

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Compound Nouns
The thing is that nouns can be formed by several types of combinations; here you
have some of them:
NOUN + NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB + PREPOSITION NOUN +
+ NOUN NOUN + NOUN VERB
1. Bulldog blackboard Swimming inland dragonfly
pool
2. Chairman Fast food driftwood underworld doorstop
3. chalkboard blackmail turntable outpost photocopy
4. eggplant Blueprint copycat After-effects Bus stop
5. bookshelf Greenhouse Washing Onset Butterfly
machine
6. earring quicksand Sewing outdoor Waterfall
machine
7. armchair Full moon Driveway overdose Earthquake
8. houseboat gentleman scarecrow inside Teardrop
9. eyeball smartphone chopstick outside Firework
10. thunderstorm Bright mind Sleeping overcoat classmate
bag

Activity: Study the Compound Nouns above and their combinations.