2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Can you remember the 6 types of nouns that we’ll be covering in our noun unit? Or, even more impressive, can you remember which ones we have covered so far?

3. 1. Common Nouns – covered on Monday, 9/22 2. Proper Nouns – covered on Monday, 9/22 3. Collective Nouns – covered on Tuesday, 9/23 4. Compound Nouns – covered TODAY! Friday, 9/24 5. Countable Nouns 6. Non-Countable Nouns Next week we will address countable vs. non-countable nouns, but if you are having a hard time remembering the rules and definitions of common nouns, proper nouns, or collective nouns, be sure to visit our class website and refresh your memory with my other PowerPoints!

4. A compound noun is a noun made with two or more words. Typically, it is a noun made up of two other nouns – or a noun and an adjective – and it creates a new noun that is totally different from its two individual parts. There are 3 different forms of compound nouns…

5. There is a space between the two words that create a compound noun. Some examples of this form are: tennis shoe home plate pet shop

6. The second form of compound nouns is one that uses a hyphen between the two parts of the new noun. Okay, but when do we use the hyphen? You use a hyphen to separate the two nouns when you need to CLARIFY something between the two nouns. Okay, yes, that doesn’t help me. Examples, please?

7. water-bottle When the first word is a substance (water, ink, soda, etc.), the hyphen is used to show that the second word is not MADE of that substance, but is to HOLD that substance. Meaning: It’s a BOTTLE which HOLDS water, not a bottle that is MADE of water paper-clip Just like the water-bottle, we need to show that the clip HOLDS PAPER TOGETHER. It is not a clip MADE of paper.

8. What do we think the third type of compound noun is?

9. CLOSED compound nouns do not have a space or a hyphen to separate the two words. Examples: waterproof, dishcloth, pancake, keyboard, football, blackboard, haircut haircut pancake football keyboard

11. breakfast breakfast

13. tooth paste toothpaste

15. fish tank fish tank

17. wall paper wallpaper

19. grasshopper Grasshopper