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Nominal Compound

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NOMINAL COMPOUND / COMPOUND NOUN

A compound noun is a noun that is formed by a combination of more than one


part of speech.
Compound nouns are of three main types:
1. Open or spaced compound nouns
2. Hyphenated compound nouns and
3. Closed or solid compound nouns
a compound noun is defined as ‘a noun that is made up of two or more different words,
for example, “cake shop”, “French fries”, “high-flyer”, or “schoolteacher”.

[A NOMINAL COMPOUND refers to the fusion of multiple words that


collectively function as a single noun entity.]

1. Open spaced compound nouns- there is a space between the two words.
For eg – bus stop, bus fare, car park etc
2. Hyphenated compound nouns- in which two words are separated with the use of a
hyphen.
For eg- mother-in-law, passer-by, etc
3. Closed or solid compound nouns- there is no hyphen or space separating them, instead
they act as a single word.
For eg- basketball, football, airport etc

 Now how to form compound noun? Or how to identify them ?


 There are numerous ways to make a compound noun. For eg-
1. Noun +Noun
2. Noun + verb
3. Noun + Gerund
4. Noun + preposition+ noun
5. Gerund+ noun
6. Preposition+ verb
7. Verb+ preposition
8. Preposition+ noun
9. Adjective+ noun
10. Adjective+ verb
11. Rhyming words
12. Titles/Places/Nationalities

 Now let’s understand each of them through examples :


1. Noun+ noun
Noun Noun Compound Noun

bus stop bus stop

fire fly firefly

basket ball basketball

head mistress headmistress

railway junction railway junction

foot ball football

2. Noun + verb
Noun Verb Compound Noun

hair cut haircut

rain fall rainfall

sun set sunset

sun rise sunrise

snow fall snowfall

night fall nightfall


3. Noun+ Gerund

Noun Gerund Compound Noun

Hand writing handwriting

Time consuming time consuming

Copy editing copy-editing

Book keeping bookkeeping

Cat walking cat walking

4. Gerund+ Noun
Gerund Noun Compound Noun

visiting card visiting card

driving license driving license

cooking gas cooking gas

waiting room waiting room

5. Noun +Preposition +noun

Noun Preposition/Prepositional Compound Noun


Phrase

mother in-law mother-in-law

brother in-law brother-in-law

father in-law father-in-law


6. Preposition+ verb
Preposition Verb Compound Noun

over throw overthrow

under cut undercut

in take intake

out burst outburst

7. Verb+ preposition
Verb Preposition Compound Noun

check in check-in

check out check-out

look out lookout

break down breakdown

break up breakup

make up makeup

8. Preposition+ noun
Preposition Noun Compound Noun

under ground underground

off shore offshore

back ground background

up stairs upstairs

under line underline


9. Adjective+ noun
Adjective Noun Compound Noun

black board blackboard

green room greenroom

blue berry blueberry

hot spot hotspot

hard ware hardware

10. Adjective+ verb


Adjective Verb Compound Noun

dry cleaning drycleaning

long lasting long lasting

high light highlight

under go undergo

11. Rhyming word


Word 1 Word 2 Compound Word

no no no-no

chit chat chit-chat

pitter patter pitter-patter

dilly dally dilly-dally

walkie talkie walkie-talkie

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