{"id":808,"date":"2022-04-21T09:49:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T09:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=808"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:16:27","slug":"e-aa-2-form-and-use-plurals-of-compound-nouns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-aa-2-form-and-use-plurals-of-compound-nouns\/","title":{"rendered":"E- AA.2 Form and use plurals of compound nouns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Form and use plurals of compound nouns<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-top: 56.2500%;\n padding-bottom: 0; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px 0 rgba(63,69,81,0.16); margin-top: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.9em; overflow: hidden;\n border-radius: 8px; will-change: transform;\">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0; border: none; padding: 0;margin: 0;\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAG3uhu614s\/D4TYePSEhPN0i6eGZ1mlcg\/watch?embed\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"fullscreen\">\n  <\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.canva.com&#x2F;design&#x2F;DAG3uhu614s&#x2F;D4TYePSEhPN0i6eGZ1mlcg&#x2F;watch?utm_content=DAG3uhu614s&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=embeds&amp;utm_source=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design<\/a> by Delta publications\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-aae0d72b0df05b1a7d05750bd97517d2\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>What are Compound Nouns?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 A <strong>compound noun<\/strong> is a noun made up of <strong>two or more words<\/strong> joined together to create a single meaning.<br>Examples: \ud83c\udf92 <em>school bus<\/em>, \ud83e\udd86 <em>mother-in-law<\/em>, \u2708\ufe0f <em>airplane ticket<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>How to Make Plurals of Compound Nouns?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>Add \u201c-s\u201d to the main word (the most important word)<\/strong> \ud83d\udcdd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>brother-in-law<\/em> \u2192 <em>brothers-in-law<\/em> \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc66<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>runner-up<\/em> \u2192 <em>runners-up<\/em> \ud83c\udfc3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>Add \u201c-s\u201d to the last word<\/strong> (if the last word is the main noun) \ud83d\udce6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>bookstore<\/em> \u2192 <em>bookstores<\/em> \ud83d\udcda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>toothbrush<\/em> \u2192 <em>toothbrushes<\/em> \ud83e\udea5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>3\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>Change the main word into plural (irregular forms)<\/strong> \ud83d\udd04<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>manservant<\/em> \u2192 <em>menservants<\/em> \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udd27<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>woman doctor<\/em> \u2192 <em>women doctors<\/em> \ud83d\udc69\u200d\u2695\ufe0f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>4\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>If both words are nouns, sometimes both take plural<\/strong> \ud83d\udc6f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>man-child<\/em> \u2192 <em>men-children<\/em> \ud83d\udc68\ud83e\uddd2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>coat-of-arms<\/em> \u2192 <em>coats-of-arms<\/em> \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Tips \ud83d\udca1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Always check <strong>which word carries the main meaning<\/strong> of the compound noun.<br>\u2705 Add plural to that word, not always the last one.<br>\u2705 Some compound nouns just follow regular rules (<em>notebooks \u2192 notebooks<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>\ud83c\udf1f Examples in Sentences \ud83c\udf1f<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcd6 My <em>brothers-in-law<\/em> are very friendly.<br>\ud83d\uded2 We bought two <em>shopping carts<\/em> at the store.<br>\ud83d\udc6e The <em>policemen<\/em> arrested the thieves.<br>\ud83d\udc76 The village has many <em>men-children<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2728\ud83d\udcda <strong>Remember:<\/strong> The plural of a compound noun depends on its structure. Always look for the <strong>head word<\/strong> (the most important part).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\"><strong>Let&#8217;s practice!\u2712\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/98506\/202\/407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-206.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-206.png 500w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-206-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-206-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/98506\/547\/832\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-2-212.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-2-212.png 500w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-2-212-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-2-212-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Form and use plurals of compound nouns Design by Delta publications Key Notes : What are Compound Nouns? \ud83d\udc49 A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words joined together to create a single meaning.Examples: \ud83c\udf92 school bus, \ud83e\udd86 mother-in-law, \u2708\ufe0f airplane ticket How to Make Plurals of Compound Nouns? 1\ufe0f\u20e3<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-aa-2-form-and-use-plurals-of-compound-nouns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;E- AA.2 Form and use plurals of compound nouns&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-808","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22095,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/808\/revisions\/22095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}