Contoh Bentuk Compound Nouns

Noun + Noun
Im at the bus stop, where are you?
Todays football game was awesome!
Adjective + Noun
Some people turn into wolves when theres a full moon.
I need a chalk for the blackboard.
Noun + Adjective
We need 5 truckfuls of bricks for the building.
Verb + Preposition
You should hurry up and check-in for our hotel room.
Noun + Prepositional phrase
My father-in-law was a soldier once.
Preposition + Noun
In ancient Greek mythology, Hades lives in the underworld.
Verb(-ing) + Noun
I like toast and jam for breakfast.
On Sundays we like to go to the swimming pool.
Noun + Verb(-ing)
Sunrise at Australia starts at 8 A.M.
Im going to need a haircut before school starts on Monday.

Here are some examples of compound nouns:

Noun

adjective

+ noun

+ noun

bus stop

Is this the bus stop for the

number 12 bus?

fire-fly

In the tropics you can

see fire-flies at night.

football

Shall we play football today?

full moon

I always feel crazy at full

moon.

blackboard Clean
the blackboard please.

verb(-ing) + noun

Noun

+ verb(-ing)

software

I can't install
this software on my PC.

breakfast

We always eat breakfast at

8am.

washing
machine

Put the clothes in the

red washing machine.

swimming
pool

What a beautiful swimming

pool!

sunrise

I like to get up at sunrise.

haircut

You need a haircut.

trainspotting

His hobby is train-spotting.

check-out

Please remember
that check-out is at 12
noon.

Verb

+ preposition

Noun

+ prepositional mother-inphrase
law

My mother-in-law lives with

us.

preposition + noun

underworld Do you think the police

accept money from
the underworld?

Noun

truckful

+ adjective

We need 10 truckfuls of
bricks.

Possessive noun + Noun

Merupakan sebuah kata yang dihasilkan dari penggabungan antara kata benda
kepemilikan dengan kata benda lainnya, contohnya:

Ladys maid
Artists model

Gerund + Noun
Sebuah noun compound juga bisa dibentuk dari gerund yang digabungkan dengan
noun, seperti:

Dining room
Wearing apparel
Punching bag

Noun + gerund
Atau bisa juga ditukar posisinya dengan meletakkan noun terlebih dahulu baru gerund
kemudian, misalnya:

Fortune telling
House cleaning
Water skiing