Collective and Compound Nouns

• Pencil case • Butterfly

• Lunch box • Move on
• Family • Constellation
• Group • Flock
• Colony • Class
 Collective Nouns
• A collective noun is a word that names a group of
people or things.

Examples: crew, team, neighborhood, colony

Can you think of any others?

group of fish; group of birds; group of cattle; group of
whales.
 Compound Nouns
• A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two
or more words. Most compound nouns in English are
formed by nouns modified by other nouns or
adjectives.
For example:
• The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own
right, but if you join them together they form a new word -
toothpaste.
• The word black is an adjective and board is a noun, but if
you join them together they form a new word - blackboard.
 Compound Nouns
• A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two
or more words. Most compound nouns in English are
formed by nouns modified by other nouns or
adjectives.
For example:
• The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own
right, but if you join them together they form a new word -
toothpaste.
• The word black is an adjective and board is a noun, but if
you join them together they form a new word - blackboard.
Compound nouns can also be formed using
the following combinations of words:
Noun + Noun toothpaste
Adjective + Noun blackboard
Verb + Noun swimming pool
Noun + Preposition hanger on
Preposition + Noun underground
Noun + Verb haircut
Adjective + Verb dry-cleaning
Preposition + Verb output