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1 What are compound nouns? Grammar Toolkit

2 A compound noun is made by joining two words. basketballtoothpasteseafood

3 Grammar Toolkit What compound nouns can you make from these words? room fall foot flake table bed cloth rain ball print snow river rainfall riverbed tablecloth football footprintsnowflake bedroomsnowfall footfall

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

5 Grammar Toolkit 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.

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