Compound NOUNS~

A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or more words.

Most compound nouns in English are formed by nouns modified by other nouns or adjectives.

These are the examples:

The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own right, but if you join them together they form a new word - toothpaste.

The word black is an adjective and board is a noun, but if you join them together they form a new word - blackboard.

In both these example the first word modifies or describes the second word, telling us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is. And the second part identifies the object or person in question.

Compound nouns can also be formed using the following combinations of words:-

Noun	+	Noun	toothpaste
Adjective	+	Noun	monthly ticket
Verb	+	Noun	swimming pool
Preposition	+	Noun	underground
Noun	+	Verb	haircut
Noun	+	Preposition	hanger on
Adjective	+	Verb	dry-cleaning
Preposition	+	Verb	output

The two parts may be written in a number of ways:-

1. Sometimes the two words are joined together.

Example: tooth + paste = toothpaste | bed + room = bedroom

2. Sometimes they are joined using a hyphen.

Example: check-in

3. Sometimes they appear as two separate words. 

Example: full moon

*A good dictionary will tell you how you should write each compound noun.

What is NOUN???

Noun  --->    word that refers to a person, thing or abstract idea.

It can tell you who or what.

There are numerous types of nouns which can be divided to:-

·         Common nouns such as cat, bicycle, desk etc.

·         Nouns that refer to things which can be counted (can be singular or plural) are known as countable nouns.

·         Nouns that refer to some groups of countable nouns, substances, feelings and types of activity (can only be singular) are categorized as uncountable nouns.

·         Nouns which belong to a group of people or things are referred as collective nouns.

·         Nouns that refer to people, organizations or places are called proper nouns. These proper nouns are the only nouns which are capitalized.

·         Nouns that are made up by joining two or more words are called compound nouns.

·         Nouns which are formed from a verb by adding -ing are called gerunds.

A Brand New Start~

Hi and hello everyone,

   This is my first entry. Every one has their own reason why they want to write & why they choose to write by using blog as a medium. I do have my own reason for creating this blog too. For the past few years, I've always  come across people who have perceptions like: 'English is really difficult', 'Grammar is killing me' and many more. I can say that most of the people out there feel that grammar component is one of the toughest part in acquiring English language. This phenomenon may kill learners' enthusiasm in learning this particular target language.
   As a TESL student who loves English and a future educator, I feel that it is part of my responsibility to change this climate. Even what I have right now may not be sufficient enough to curb this situation, I would still like to utilize the knowledge and skills that I posses to help in areas that I can. I will try my very best to give something beneficial through this blog. I am of the belief that, in order to master English grammar we have to understand the basic part of it which is NOUN. Therefore, in this blog I will focus on NOUNS and help every one as far as I can to comprehend ALL ABOUT NOUNS~