III. Grammar. Nouns: compound nouns Some nouns consist of more than one word. These are compound nouns. Compound nouns can be formed in different ways. The most common way is to put two nouns together (noun + noun); other common types are adjective + noun and verb + noun.

1. noun + noun

car park, Iceland, shopkeeper, website

2. adjective + noun

Blackberry, grandstand, greenhouse, small talk

3. verb + noun

Breakwater, fall-guy, go-kart, runway.

Match a word from column A with a word from column B to make compound nouns.

A B

1. pass a) fly
2. air b) cut
3. friend c) book
4. sun d) cake
5. birth e) port
6. butter f) word
7. bed g) ship
8. hair h) rise
9. note i) day
10. pan j) room

1. As I looked at all the data the salesman showed me, I knew that I was getting more and more mixed up.

2. I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.

3. When the guard saw that the cot was , vacant he realized that the prisoner had left the jail.

4. Although he took an oath on the Bible, Sal lied to the jury.

5. My aunt was so jealous of our new couch that she bought one just like it.

6. I enjoyed reading the story of the gallant man who put his cloak over a mud puddle so that the queen would not dirty her feet.

7. The loss of Claudia's eyesight was a hardship which she learned to live with.

8. The driver was forced to abandon his car when two of the tires became flat.

9. Betty could not qualify for the Miss Teenage America Contest because she was twenty years old.

10. The blade was so keen that I cut myself in four places while shaving.

11. Unaccustomed to being kept waiting, the angry woman marched out of the store.

12. Because he was a bachelor, the movie actor was invited to many parties.

1. As I looked at all the data the salesman showed me, I knew that I was getting more and more mixed up.

2. I used  tact  when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.

3. When the guard saw that the cot was vacant he realized that the prisoner had left the jail.

4. Although he took an oath on the Bible, Sal lied to the jury.

5. My aunt was so jealous of our new couch that she bought one just like it.

6. I enjoyed reading the story of the gallant man who put his cloak over a mud puddle so that the queen would not dirty her feet.

7. The loss of Claudia's eyesight was a hardship which she learned to live with.

8. The driver was forced to abandon his car when two of the tires became flat.

9. Betty could not qualify for the Miss Teenage America Contest because she was twenty years old.

10. The blade was so keen that I cut myself in four places while shaving.

11. Unaccustomed to being kept waiting, the angry woman marched out of the store.

12. Because he was a bachelor, the movie actor was invited to many parties.

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