Compound words are made up of two separate words that together form a new word with its own meaning. Examples given include sawdust, beachball, pancake, waterfall, snowman, and butterfly. The document then provides examples of compound words to identify - downstairs mailbox and flashlight doghouse. It moves on to discuss different types of nouns, defining abstract nouns as those that cannot be detected by the five senses unlike concrete nouns which can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched. Examples of an abstract noun, bravery, and a concrete noun, puppy, are given.

1. All about Compound
Words

2. Compound Words
• A compound word is made up of two
words. Each word is able to stand by
itself with its own meaning. The
compound word creates a new meaning.
example:
sawdust = saw + dust

3. beach + ball =
beachball

4. pan + cake =
pancake

5. water + fall =
waterfall

6. snow + man =
snowman

7. Butter + fly =
butterfly

8. Practice
• What two words make up the compound
word?
• downstairs mailbox
• flashlight doghouse
• bookcase dragonfly

9. Abstract, Concrete,
and
Non-Count Nouns
What’s the difference?

10. An Abstract Noun
Nouns name people, places, and
things.
One class of nouns is abstract.
Your five senses cannot detect
them.
– You cannot see them.
– You cannot hear them.
– You cannot smell them.
– You cannot taste them.
– You cannot touch them.

11. Example:
When Farley dove into the water to save
April, his bravery amazed the Patterson
family.
Bravery, one of the nouns in this sentence,
is an abstract noun. You can see Farley,
the water, and the family. You cannot see
bravery itself.
It has no color, size, shape, sound, odor,
flavor or texture.
Any noun that escapes your five senses is
an abstract noun.

12. Concrete Nouns
Many nouns are concrete, not
abstract.
Concrete nouns register on your
five senses.
– You can see them.
– You can hear them.
– You can smell them.
– You can taste them.
– You can touch them.

13. Example:
John cuddled the English sheepdog
puppy under his warm jacket.
Puppy is an example of a concrete noun.
You can see a puppy, stroke its fur,
smell its breath, and listen to it whine.
You can even taste the puppy if you
don’t mind pulling dog hair off your
tongue.
Because a puppy will register on all five
senses, puppy is a concrete noun.