Etoc生徒様以外使用禁止 Compound Nouns

Etoc生徒様以外使用禁止 Compound Nouns

Lesson4:Agent Noun An agent noun is a being or a thing that acts for, or in place of another, one that acts on authority, or one that does. The suffixes used are: _er as in adviser, player, transformer, receiver _or as in donor, collector, operator, inventor, orator _ist as in pianist, guitarist, specialist, scientist Recipient Noun A recipient noun indicates on that receives something. One to whom an act is done, or upon, whom a privilege is conferred or given. The suffix used is ee as in payee, grantee, and vendee. Compound Nouns eTOC生徒様以外使用禁止 Compound Nouns A compound noun is made up of two or more parts of which may be used as a separate word but felt to be a single term. The elements composing compound noun maybe almost any part of speech. Noun + noun ____ schoolground, classroom, roommate Adjective + noun _____ quicksilver, greenhouse Adjective + verb ______ whitewash, housefly Verb + noun _______ pickpocket, jumpsuit Adverb + verb _______ overload, understand Gerund + noun _______ looking-glass, hearing-aide Exercise 7 Combine the word under Column A with a word under Column B to form a compound noun. Column A Column B Compound Noun House shore housewife Back brow eyebrow Head bone backbone Eye wife seashore SeaeTOC生徒様以外使用禁止ache headache The written of compound nouns is somewhat arbitrary. Sometimes they are written as one word as, blackboard, housewife, blackbird. Sometimes they are written as two words joined by a hyphen; as fire-engine, ice-cream, Atty. At-law, son-in-law. Or even occasionally as two words; as, post office, police station, railway station. The gerund + noun pattern is always written with a hyphen; as, walking-stick, cycling-shorts, weighing-scale, swimming-pool..

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