A compound noun is a noun made of two or more words that acts as a single unit, such as "tennis shoe", "six-pack", or "bedroom". Compound nouns can take the form of open, hyphenated, or closed combinations of words. The document encourages the reader to create new compound nouns by combining words from given lists.

1. Compound Nouns

2. Compound Nouns
 A compound noun is a noun that is made with two
or more words.
 A compound noun is usually [noun + noun] or
[adjective + noun], but there are other combinations
(see below).
 It is important to understand and recognize
compound nouns.
 Each compound noun acts as a single unit and can be
modified by adjectives and other nouns.

3. 3 Forms of Compound
Nouns
 open or spaced - space between words (tennis shoe)
 hyphenated - hyphen between words (six-pack)
 closed or solid - no space or hyphen between words
(bedroom)

4. Let’s create some
compound nouns!
 Look at the words below and create as many
compound nouns as possible.
cup birth ball plane
with base food out
your air day cake
rain sea coat self