Collective and Compound Nouns

• Pencil case

• Lunch box

• Family

• Group

• Colony

• Butterfly

• Move on

• Constellation

• Flock

• Class

Collective Nouns

• A collective noun is a word that names a group of

people or things.

Examples: crew, team, neighborhood, colony

Can you think of any others?

group of fish; group of birds; group of cattle; group of

whales.

Compound Nouns• 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.

Compound Nouns• 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.

Compound nouns can also be formed using

the following combinations of words:

Noun + Noun toothpaste

Adjective + Noun blackboard

Verb + Noun swimming pool

Noun + Preposition hanger on

Preposition + Noun underground

Noun + Verb haircut

Adjective + Verb dry-cleaning

Preposition + Verb output