Compound
  Words
A dog

What is on the picture?
A house


What is on the picture?
If we combine the words DOG and
    HOUSE, what do we have?

               A doghouse

              What is a dog house?


   A house for dogs
Doghouse is an example of
    Compound Word
 Compound words are
 words made of two
 smaller words.
Knowing the words
 that comprises a
 compound words
 helps us to
 determine the
 meaning of a
 compound word.
example


       +              =
blue        bird          bluebird
A bluebird is a bird with blue
feathers
However, there are
 some compound
 words that we
 cannot derive its
 meaning from the
 words the two words
 that comprise it.
butter + fly =butterfly


But it does not mean that a
butterfly is a butter that
flies
hot + dog = hotdog



But it does not mean that
hotdog is a dog which is hot
Lady+bug = ladybug



But it does not mean that
all ladybugs are female
Closed compound nouns

      football


      flowerpot
There are also
different kinds
of compound
     words
Open compound nouns

       electric fan



       ice cream
Hyphenated compound nouns


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Compound Words