{"id":738,"date":"2022-04-21T13:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=738"},"modified":"2025-11-29T04:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T04:14:08","slug":"e-y-2-form-and-use-plurals-of-compound-nouns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-y-2-form-and-use-plurals-of-compound-nouns\/","title":{"rendered":"E- Y.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<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-4d4696560822e7cb72ec4be90d4370b1\" style=\"color:#74008b\">Key Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-62297a23f85e9f57c5e2ee76679838d3\" style=\"color:#000060\">\ud83d\udd39 What are Compound Nouns?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 A <strong>compound noun<\/strong> is made up of <strong>two or more words<\/strong> that together act as a single noun.<br>Examples: \ud83d\ude8c <strong>school bus<\/strong>, \ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f <strong>mother-in-law<\/strong>, \ud83c\udfc3 <strong>runner-up<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-c4ad3cde4f4122fffc6c50244ab35244\" style=\"color:#000060\">\ud83d\udd39 Forming Plurals of Compound Nouns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>Add -s to the main word (the most important part):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>brother-in-law \ud83d\udc49 brothers-in-law \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc66<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>passer-by \ud83d\udc49 passers-by \ud83d\udeb6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>Add -s to the last word (if it\u2019s the main part):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>school bus \ud83d\udc49 school buses \ud83d\ude8c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>textbook \ud83d\udc49 textbooks \ud83d\udcda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>3\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>If the compound is written as one word:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>toothbrush \ud83d\udc49 toothbrushes \ud83e\udea5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sunflower \ud83d\udc49 sunflowers \ud83c\udf3b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>4\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>If the compound noun has no main word (or is hard to identify):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>forget-me-not \ud83d\udc49 forget-me-nots \ud83c\udf38<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>merry-go-round \ud83d\udc49 merry-go-rounds \ud83c\udfa0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-ab8f2b3f96913b4d390929cd041101f5\" style=\"color:#000060\">\ud83d\udd39 Examples \ud83c\udf08<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 daughter-in-law \ud83d\udc49 daughters-in-law \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67<br>\u2705 man-of-war \ud83d\udc49 men-of-war \u2693<br>\u2705 keyboard \ud83d\udc49 keyboards \u2328\ufe0f<br>\u2705 washing machine \ud83d\udc49 washing machines \ud83e\uddfa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1a6db37e7f8d81d9c10575b81fd1abb2\" style=\"color:#000060\">\ud83d\udd39 Tips \ud83d\udcdd<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2728 Always check which word carries the main meaning.<br>\u2728 Add <strong>-s\/-es<\/strong> only to the important part of the compound.<br>\u2728 Memorize irregular ones (man-of-war \u2192 men-of-war).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-06d0994cd05fd0fd6b372ea28be48cf5\" style=\"color:#000060\">\ud83c\udfaf Quick Practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Turn these into plurals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>passer-by \ud83d\udeb6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mother-in-law \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc66<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>textbook \ud83d\udcda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>son-in-law \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc66<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>merry-go-round \ud83c\udfa0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-large-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a28163a0b8cbfe75fe75329e70b76b29\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!\u2712\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\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 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