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Compound Nouns

A compound noun is made up of two or more words where the first word modifies the second. The document provides examples of compound nouns like "mineral water", "sheepdog", and "shop manager". It then has exercises where the reader is asked to identify compound nouns by matching words, completing compounds, and choosing the appropriate compound for different situations. The key provides the answers.

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Compound Nouns

A compound noun is made up of two or more words where the first word modifies the second. The document provides examples of compound nouns like "mineral water", "sheepdog", and "shop manager". It then has exercises where the reader is asked to identify compound nouns by matching words, completing compounds, and choosing the appropriate compound for different situations. The key provides the answers.

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A compound noun is made up of 2 or more

words. The first word, often a noun or


adjective, modifies the second.

E.g.: mineral water (a kind of water);


a sheepdog (a dog that looks after
sheep); a shop manager (someone who
runs a shop).

A. Match the words to form B. Complete each compound word by


● case ● end
compounds. adding a word from the list.
● come ● paper

1. bed a. ache 1. Some teachers have a low in_______. ● drier ● man

2. tooth b. shop 2. Jane is in her room, up_______. ● remover


3. finger c. washer ● day ● stairs
3. What are you doing this week______?
4. head d. table
● phones
5. smart e. room 4. I’ve spilt some olive oil in my shirt.
6. book f. sitter
Where’s the stain _______?
7. time g. cut
n 8. hair h. paste 5. The music is too loud. Please put your head________.
9. dish i. board 6. I can’t find the hair_______.
10. baby j. print
7. Have you read the news_______ today?
8. Wait. I’ll carry the suit_______ for you.
9. The post_______ is at the door.
10. My birth_______ is on March 15th.

C. Now complete these dialogues with compound words from exercises A and B.

1. I’m going to give Jane 3. Oh boy, my mom


a _____________. She’s is going to be mad at
always complaining about me. I’ve got chocolate
her frizzy hair. cake all over my shirt.
Maybe Jane has got a
2. Wow! What a
__________________
wonderful
_.
_______________________.
It looks delicious, doesn’t 4. What a wonderful
6. She it? Yummy, yummy… party! But it’s too noisy.
looks 5. Jane had a I think I’ve got a
gorgeous, __________ yesterday. _______________. Maybe
doesn’t I love to see her hair Jane’s mom has an
she?! like that. aspirin for me.

D. Choose the appropriate compound noun (exercises A and B) for each situation.
1. After the birthday party, Jane put all the dirty plates there. ____________________________
2. She got lots of presents, including a kind of bag to take when she travels _________________
3. Peter didn’t know what lesson he had on Monday so she gave him her ______________________
KEY

A. bedroom 1-e/ toothpaste 2-h/ fingerprint 3-j/ 4. Headache 4-a/


smartboard 5-i/ bookshop 6-b/ timetable 7-d/ haircut 8-g/ dishwasher 9-c/
babysitter 10-f

B. 1. income 2. upstairs 3. weekend 4. stain remover 5. Headphones


6. hairdrier 7. newspaper 8. suitcase 9. Postman 10. birthday

C. 1. hairdryer 2. birthday cake 3. stain remover 4. Headache 5. Haircut

D. 1. Dishwasher 2. Suitcase 3. timetable

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