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compound nouns - help



eng789
Israel

compound nouns - help
 
Does anyone have a good list of compound nouns suitable for Junior High School? 
 
Even though English is my mother tongue,   I never know which words are kept separate, which are joined and which take a hyphen.
 
Can someone clear this up for me?
 
Thanks,  Barbara
 
 
 

21 Apr 2009      





ggroneet
Israel

blackboard
wallpaper
freeze-dry
Iceland
over-ripe
seafood
blackboard
toothpaste
grasshopper
without
swimming-pool
underworld
underwater
highlight
haircut
underground
breakfast
bedroom
son-in-law
bathroom
madman
 
Can �t think of other and can´t help you with the rules, as I am not sure
Have you tried looking it up on the internet or dictionaries?

21 Apr 2009     



nebo_Londona
Russian Federation

Dear Barbara! You can find some rules and exercises in the book "English Vocabulary In Use"(pre-intermediate and intermediate level) by Stuart Redman. You can download the book from englishtips.org

21 Apr 2009     



penbwl
Japan

You can find all you need with lots of examples here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_compound

21 Apr 2009     



aftab57
United Kingdom

some examples here.

21 Apr 2009     



eng789
Israel

     To   

                                          and of course aftab57                                                 
 
You guys are terrific.
http://www.sodahead.com/question/290169/have-you-ever-heard-about-this-story-the-sneeze-what-do-you-think-true-story/

21 Apr 2009