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. For example: 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 Adjective Verb Noun Noun Adjective + + + + + + Noun Noun Noun Noun Verb Verb Verb toothpaste monthly ticket swimming pool underground haircut dry-cleaning output

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Preposition hanger on

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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 Compound Words Often, the meaning of a compound word cannot be discovered by knowing the meaning of the different words that form it. Compounds can be written either as one word or as separate words (sometimes hyphenated). A afterthought, airplane, another, anybody, anyhow, anyone, anything, anywhere, armchair B backbone, backspace, backwoods, become, bedroom, beeswax, birthday, birthright, blackberry, blackbird, blackboard,blackmail, bloodvessel, bluebell, bodyguard, bookkeeper, bolthole, brainstorm, breadbin, brushwood C cardboard, carefree, caretaker, carpet, chairman, clockwork, commonsense, copyright, cupboard D daylight, dead weight, downfall, downstairs E earring, earthwork, evergreen, everybody, everyday, everyone, everything, everywhere, eyeball F fatherland, fingerprint, firearm, fire-engine, firefly, fireman, fireplace, firework, first-rate, floppy disk, football, footlights, footman, footnote, footprint, footstep, friendship G gasworks, goalkeeper, goldfish, goodlooking, good-morning, goodnight, gunboat, gun-carriage, gunmetal, gunpowder H haircut, handbook, handwriting, headdress, headland, headphones, headstone, headway, hereafter, herewith, herself, highlands, highway, himself, horsback, horseplay, horsepower, hourglass, houseboat, housekeeper, however I inasmuch, income, indoors, inland, inlet, input, inside, instep, into, itself

J joystick, K keyboard L landmark, landslip, lawsuit, lighthouse, lipstick, loanshark, looking-glass, loophole M manhandle, manhole, meeting room, moonlight, myself N network, newspaper, nobody, nothing, nowhere O offspring, oncoming, oneself, oneline, onlooker, onto, ourselves, outburst, outcome, outcry, outdoor, outgoing, outhouse, outlaw, outlet, outline, outlook, output, outside, outskirts, outstretched, overacting, overall overbalancing, overbearing, overcoat, overcome, overdo, overdressed, overfull, overhanging, overhead, overland, overleaf, overload, overlook, overseas, overseer, overshoe, overstatement, overtake, overtaxed, overtime, overturned, overuse, overvalued, overweight, overworking P pincushion, plaything , policeman, policewoman, postman, postwoman, postmark, postmaster, postoffice Q,R railway, receivership, runway, runaway S scarecrow, seaman, secondhand, shorthand, shutdown, sideboard, sidewalk, sinkhole, skyscraper, somebody, someday, somehow, someone, something, sometime, somewhat, somewhere, starlight, startup, steamship, suchlike, sunburn, sunlight, sunshade, sweetheart T themselves, timesheet, today, tonight, toothpaste, tradesman U underclothing, undercooked, undergo, undergrowth, undermined, undersigned, undersized, understatement, undertake, undertaker, undervalued, undo, update, upkeep, uplift, upon, upright, upstairs, uptake, uptight V viewpoint . W wallpaper, waterfall, weekend, well-being, well-off, whatever, whenever, whereas, whereby, wherever, whichever, whitewash, whoever, windpipe, within, without, woodwork, workhouse , workman, workmanship, workout X x-ray Y yearbook, yourself Z zookeeper

ADVERBS OF QUANTITY
ENOUGH = (+) sufficient / (-) less than sufficient or necessary (i-naf) ENOUGH goes before the noun (enough + closets) Houses dont have enough closets .(+) (In my opinion, houses need more closets.) We have enough chairs for the concert. (-) (In my opinion, there are sufficient chairs for the concert.)

TOO = MORE THAN than sufficient or necessary, (demasiado) COUNTABLE NOUNS: TOO MANY always goes before the noun (too many + cars) countable There were too many people at the shopping mall There were not too many mosquitoes in the park. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: TOO MUCH always goes before the noun (too much + sugar) There is too much noise in the library. Shhhh! (uncountable) There is not too much mayonnaise on this sandwich. (uncountable) ADVERBS OF QUANTITY 2 FEWER / LESS / MORE Adverbs of comparison Quite often we use FEWER / LESS / MORE when comparing a current situation, (the present or the norm) or to what we would like it to be/change into in the future, (a possible future). FEWER goes before a COUNTABLE NOUN (fewer + cars) There should be fewer cars on the roads at midnight. (than daytime) LESS goes before a NON-COUNTABLE NOUN (less + money) I always have less money at the end of the month. (than any other time of the month) MORE goes before BOTH COUNTABLE & NON-COUNTABLE NOUNS We should take more cars if we all want to travel together. (countable) If I walk instead of taking the metro, I will save moremoney. (uncountable)