What do these six words have in common: hotdog, fireworks, well-being, waistline, sunset and ice cream? They could all describe a fun holiday celebration. For example: My holiday was wonderful! I went ...

In the film A League of Their Own, actor Tom Hanks plays the coach of an American baseball team. He oversees an all-female team called the Rockford Peaches. In one famous scene at a game, Hanks gets ...

We can demonstrate the link between two nouns either by using possessive forms (the US bank's finance division / the finance division of the US bank) or compound nouns (the US bank finance division).

Here is a riddle - 'What are soft and yellow and live at the end of your arms?' The answer to this riddle is a compound noun. Children love solving riddles and also creating their own. In the ...

In this PowerPoint lesson the children are introduced to compound nouns and then shown how they can create teasing riddles. The answer to each riddle is always a compound noun. The answer to this ...

Let's talk about the plurals of compound nouns. I submit to you: passers-by, hangers-on, attorneys general, brothers-in-law, and culs-de-sac. What about "month end" how would that be pluralized?

The reason compound relatives feel difficult to understand is that people try to memorize how to translate them without first ...

Housedog and doghouse; lighhouse and houselight. Neil Anderson, Hamilton, Bermuda Outlook and Lookout Evan McCaughey, Chesterfield Derbyshire Bookcase, housework. John, Wellington, NZ Overtake G ...

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