Compound Words PDF

Compound words are words that are formed by combining two or more separate words into a single word, typically with a hyphen or no space between them. This process can involve combining two nouns, a noun and an adjective, or an adjective and a noun, among other possibilities. Compound words can be...

Compound words are words that are formed by combining two or more separate words into a single word, typically with a hyphen or no space between them. This process can involve combining two nouns, a noun and an adjective, or an adjective and a noun, among other possibilities. Compound words can be either closed, open, or hyphenated. A closed compound word is written as a single word with no spaces, such as "football" or "butterfly." An open compound word is written as two separate words, such as "ice cream" or "post office." A hyphenated compound word is written with a hyphen between the two words, such as "self-esteem" or "mother-in-law." Examples of compound words include: Bookshelf Birthday Doghouse Firefighter Headphones Moonlight Snowman Toothpaste Weekend Watermelon Compound words are a common feature of the English language and are often used to create new words or convey complex ideas with a single term. Compound Words Definition Of Compound Word: Forming Compound Words: A compound is a unit consisting of two or more base words. Compound words are, for the most part, nouns, adjectives and verbs. There are different types of compound words in English. Some Important Compound Words Using (NOUN + VERB) Noun And Verb List Noun Verb Compound Word snow drop snow drop air dash air dash tongue slip tongue slip book mark book mark time line timeline monthly pay monthlypay sun set sunset show show showshow lay break laybreak tooth ache toothache tie knot tieknot root cause rootcause head line headline ear mark earmark brow beat browbeat type write typewrite  back bite backbite way lay waylay bus stop bus stop cloud burst cloud burst bee sting bee sting hand shake hand shake house arrest house arrest earth quake earth quake head ache head ache moon lit moonlit blood shed blood shed telephone call telephone call Some Important Compound Words Using (NOUN + GERUND) Noun And Gerund List Noun Gerund Compound Word cat walking cat walking air blowing air blowing white washing white washing time consuming time consuming account checking account checking time serving time serving ear piercing ear piercing heart rending heart rending English training English training book binding book-binding day dreaming day dreaming bread baking bread baking heart bleeding heart bleeding account checking account checking test driving test driving mind reading mind reading snow skidding snow skidding mountain trekking mountain trekking cross heading cross heading slow cycling slow cycling thought provoking thought provoking bird provoking bird watching eve teasing eve teasing  freedom loving freedom loving house cleaning house cleaning Some Important Compound Words Using (GERUND + NOUN) Gerund And Noun List Gerund Noun Compound Word sleeping room sleepingroom sitting bench sittingbench resting room restingroom waiting hall waitinghall cooking gas cookinggas learning material learningmaterial driving school drivingschool fishing net fishingnet starring hero starring hero glittering jewels glittering jewels visiting card visiting card waiting list waiting list helping hand helping hand peeping Tom peeping Tom  blotting paper blotting paper living room living room cleaning lady cleaning lady spinning wheel spinning wheel steering wheel steering wheel swimming pool swimming pool washing machine washing machine drinking water drinking water sleeping pill sleeping pill working day working day writing desk writingdesk drawing room drawingroom tooking glass tookingglass stepping stone steppingstone blotting paper blottingpaper writing desk writingdesk passing cloud passingcloud spelling book spellingbook Some Important Compound Words Using (NOUN + NOUN) Noun And Noun List Noun Noun Compound Word tax payer taxpayer head teacher headteacher money market moneymarket time table timetable picture book picturebook field glasses fieldglasses engine driver enginedriver crime novel crimenovel black board blackboard cell phone cellphone blue whale bluewhale rail road railroad servant maid servantmaid cricket ball cricketball garden flowers gardenflowers family business familybusiness post card postcard air ticket airticket  hand bag handbag sun light sunlight Some Important Compound Words Using (NOUN + ADJECTIVE) Noun And Adjective List Noun Adjective Compound Word force full forcefull care full carefull bad tempered badtempered beauty full beautyfull down ward downward grate full gratefull harm less harmless black gold blackgold silk soft silksoft milk white milkwhite dead slow deadslow mercy less mercyless picture perfect pictureperfect snow white snowwhite  home sick homesick honey sweet honeysweet age less ageless accident prone accidentprone round about roundabout red hot redhot Some Important Compound Words Using (PREPOSITION + NOUN) Preposition And Noun List Preposition Noun Compound Word over bridge overbridge in box inbox off day offday by line by line under class underclass out law outlaw fore thought forethought fore sight foresight over coat overcoat off spring offspring after noon afternoon by path bypath in mate inmate down fall downfall in side inside middle man middleman down hill downhill up land upland top hat tophat Other Compound Words good (adj) + for (prep) + anything (n) good for nothing fall (adj) + from (prep) + grace (n) fall from grace dance (adj) + upon (prep) + nothing (n) dance upon nothing experience (v) + of (prep) + meeting (n) experience of meeting food (n) + for (prep) + thought (n) food for thought short (adj) + range (verb) shortrange lang (adj) + awaited (v) longawaited well (adj) + kept (v) well kept free (adj) + born(v) freeborn  under (adj) + fed (v) underfed free (adj) + fall(v) freefall tell (v) + tale(n) telltale ⮚ In correct linguistic use, the term “compound” describes a word that consists of two or more words or word bases. For the most part, prefixes and suffixes are morphemes that cannot stand alone as independent words; in contrast, the elements of a compound have that capacity. ⮚ Two-word proper nouns can also be classified as compound nouns. Remember that proper nouns name specific people, places, and things. Examples: Atlantic Ocean Eiffel Tower Nelson Mandela