Kinds of Compound Nouns

What is this?

• arm + chair = armchair

• hand + chair = handchair

• finger + chair = fingerchair

Who is he/she?

• hair + dress = hairdress

• hair + dry = hairdry

• hair + dresser = hairdresser

What is this?

• light + home = lighthome

• light + house = lighthouse

• lamp + house = lamphouse

What is this?

• note + book = notebook

• paper + book = paperbook

• sheet + book = sheetbook

Who is she?

• grand + mother = grandmother

• grand + father = grandfather

• grand + parents = grandparents

What is this?

• bike + stop = bike stop

• train + stop = train stop

• bus + stop = bus stop

What is this?

• girl + bug = girlbug

• lady + bug = ladybug

• woman + bug = womanbug

What is this?

• grass + hopper = grasshopper

• tree + hopper = treehopper

• plant + hopper = planthopper

What is this?

• net + ball = netball

• foot + ball = football

• basket + ball = basketball

Who is he?

• fire + woman = firewoman

• fire + man = fireman

• fire + boy = fireboy