COMPOUND WORDS

FORM COMPOUND WORDS (EG: NOUN+VERB, GERUND+NOUN)

Eg.Ever lasting, ground breaking Compound Nouns may be formed

from:

1) Noun + Noun

2)Adjective + Noun

3)Verb + Noun

4)Gerund + Noun

5)Adverb+ Noun

6)Verb + Adverb

7)Ad+ verb

Gerund + noun = sewing machine, walking stick Adverb + noun = insight,

outpost, fast food Verb + adverb = washout, flash back, make - over Noun
+ verb = nightfall, daybreak, waterfall Adjective + verb = free - drive, dry -
clean, deep- fry Adverb + verb = outrun, well - defined, downcast Noun +
adjective = radio-active, light - sensitive Adjective + adjective = pale blue,
light green Adverb + participle = outsourcing , incoming

Adjective Noun New Word

Sweet Heart Sweet heart

Short Hand Short hand

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Long Life Long life

Short Story Short story

Social Animal Social animal

Strong hold Stronghold

Political leader Political leader

Verb Noun New word

Hang Man Hangman

Dare Devil Daredevil

Cut Throat Cutthroat

Pick Pocket Pickpocket

Spend Thrift Spendthrift

Play Ground Playground

Love Letter Loveletter

Pay Slip Payslip

Work Load Workload

Watch Man Watchman

Cook Book Cookbook

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Rain Water Rainwater

Speed Limit Speed limit

Care Taker Caretaker

Spare Time Spare time

Trouble Maker Troublemaker

Name Board Name board

Show time Show time

NEW WORDS:

Walking - stick Writing - desk Blotting - paper Stepping - stone Looking -

glass Drawing - room Waiting - list Visiting - card

Adverb Noun New word

In Side Inside

Down Fall Down fall

In Mate Inmate

By Path Bypath

After Noon Afternoon

Off Spring Offspring

Over Coat Overcoat

Fore Sight Foresight

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Fore Throught Forethrought

out Law Outlaw

Verb Adverb New word

Draw Back Drawback

Lock Up Lockup

Die Hard Diehard

Send Off Sendoff

Set Back Setback

Follow Up Follow up

Get Up Get up

Make Up Make up

Adverb Verb New word

Out Set Outset

Up Keep Upkeep

Ought to:

You ought to convey this message (moral obligation)

You ought to listen to the teacher

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Need:

Do we need to attend the programme (necessity)

You needn't meet him (lack of necessity)

Dare:

How dare you ask me for more money?

She didn't dare to face him.

GENDER is a classification of pronouns and nouns according as they refer to

male or female sex. 'he' refers to the masculine gender and 'she' refers to
the feminine. 'it' refers to the neuter gender, which is neither masculine nor
feminine.

Masculine Feminine

actor actress

author authoress

bachelor spinster

boy girl

Boy Scout Girl Guide

brave Squaw

bridegroom bride

brother sister

conductor conductress

count countess

czar czarina

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dad mum

daddy mummy

duke duchess

emperor empress

father mother

father-in-law mother-in-law

fiance fiancée

gentleman lady

giant giantess

god goddess

governor matron

grandfather grandmother

headmaster headmistress

heir heiress

hero heroine

host hostess

hunter huntress

husband wife

king queen

lad lass

landlord landlady

lord lady

man woman

manager manageress

manservant maidservant

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master mistress

mayor mayoress

milkman milkmaid

millionaire millionaires

monitor monitress

monk nun

murderer murderess

negro negress

nephew niece

papa mama

poet poetess

policeman policewoman

postman postwoman

postmaster postmistress

priest priestess

prince princess

prophet prophetess

proprietor proprietress

protector protectress

shepherd shepherdess

sir madam

son daughter

son-in-law daughter-in-law

step-father step-mother

step-son step-daughter

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steward stewardess

sultan sultana

Tailor tailoress

uncle aunt

waiter waitress

washer man washer woman

widower widow

wizard witch

Billy-goat nanny-goat

boar (pig) sow

buck (deer,
doe
hare)

buck-rabbit doe-rabbit

bull cow

bull-elephant cow-elephant

bull-seal cow-seal

bullock heifer

bull-seal cow-seal

bull-whale cow-whale

cob (swan) pen

cock (rooster) hen

cockerel pullet

cock-pigeon hen-pigeon

cock-sparrow hen-sparrow

colt (young
filly
horse)

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dog bitch

wolf she-wolf

drone bee

eagle eagle

fox vixen

gander goose

hawk bowless

he-bear she-bear

he-goat she-goat

he-wolf she-wolf

envy-ass, she-
jack-ass
ass

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