Some people assume that English teachers are wonderful spellers. This is not true! In fact, many of us have to review spelling rules regularly. We also have to review other aspects of the language before we teach a lesson. One thing I have trouble remembering is compound nouns. I often find myself looking up words just to be sure they are one word rather than two. Sometimes these words end up being hyphenated. I've noticed on MyEC that many other people have the same problem. This month, let's practise using compound nouns.
Your Task
1) Review EnglishClub's lesson on compound nouns. (Learn all 3 types.)
2) Create a list of 10 compound nouns that you want to remember. Search for lists of "compound nouns" online.
3) Add a new blog post. Use the title: Writing Challenge: My Compound Noun List
4) Challenge a few MyEC members to write 10 sentences about other MyEC members (or about MyEC) using YOUR word list. The members can write their example sentences in the comments of your post. Make sure the member(s) sees your challenge!
5) Share a link to your word list in the comments of this post as well.
*Optional: Add the best sentences to your post with credit to the writers. (Try to fix any errors.) Record the sentences and share the MP3 file. Don't forget the rules about the pronunciation of compound nouns.
My Word List
1. ice cream
2. high school
3. hairdresser
4. blackboard
5. bus stop
6. sister-in-law
7. swimming pool
8. five-year-old
9. redhead
10. takeout
*I challenge all of the EC Mods to write example sentences using these words! (Anyone is welcome to try.) The best sentences will be added to this post.
Comments
Hello everyone,
Here is the link to my compound nouns. Please feel free to write sentence with those words and let me see the level of your imagination :))
http://my.englishclub.com/profiles/blogs/writing-challenge-compound....
Have fun.
Thanks for all of the corrections, Tara! I enjoyed read them all!
Here is my compound nouns list:
courtship
headquarters
backyard
sports center
leftover
healthcare
highlight
pickup
lifeguard
sweetheart
...
How about "mustsee", "long jump"? I'm not sure if they can be called compound nouns, though.
Thank you I will try to get all it
@Maghol I love your paragraph! You should challenge everyone to do this.
While my hairdresser and I were coming back home from the swimming pool, we decided to get takeout from a restaurant near the bus stop. Then suddenly I noticed my sister-in-law who is a high school teacher standing there with a blackboard in one hand and her redhead five-year-old son licking ice cream in the other hand!
@Selma You wrote some really fun sentences. Here are a few corrections.
I don't ordered takeout; I like homemade food. (Don't forget the rule about commas. Here a semi colon is required if you want it to be one sentence.)
Redhead style is trendy in the jazz world; it is sexy for singers.
In This summer, my preferences is to make fruit sweets with vanilla ice cream. (Yum!)
@Anele Great examples! I love #8 because it's a very useful example for learners.
A few notes:
1) With "ice cream" use the verb "melted" rather than "thawed". We typically thaw something that we want to become unfrozen, such as chicken or steak.
5) "at" the bus stop (not "in" unless you're in the bus shelter)
9 and 10) You could just say "a redhead" (omit girl) and "takeout" (omit "a -meal").
@Keen Learner
02. High School: I started learning English in the high school. (An article is not used with high school unless it was a specific one. For example: He went to a high school for boys only. )
07. Swimming pool:i I got a membership to the swimming pool during the last summer vacation.
08. Five-year-old: I still remeber when I joined the primary school. I was five years old.
@Ario Excellent!
There are many bus stops here that are vandalized by irresponsible people.
His sister-in-law finally get married to a rich guy.
He started to learn Spanish when he was five years old. (Hyphens are not necessary in this format. They are useful here: The five-year-old learned Spanish. )
@Nafis The professor got mad the blackboards are not erased by the previous professor.
The professor got mad because/that the blackboards were not erased by the previous professor.
The professor was mad [that] the blackboards were not erased... (In spoken form you might hear "that" dropped.)
@Robbie You can call a person a "redhead". You don't need the word "person" after it. (It does seem kind of rude, doesn't it? But, it's common usage like "a blonde" or "a brunette". You caught the extra "a" before trouble. Great! You also caught the "a" before "sweet tooth". Good job. Also, you don't need an article before "chocolate ice cream" unless you say "a chocolate ice cream cone" or "a bowl of ice cream".
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