Question

Exercise 2: Identifying Compound Nouns. Underline the compound noun in each sentence.
1. Large tomatoes are growing in our backyard.
2. My great-grandfather is living with us.
3. A new high school was built last year.
4. Suddenly the doorknob began to turn slowly.
5. The racehorse ran like the wind.
6. I left angry, but I exercised self-control
7. There are three lifeguards at the beach this summer.
8. The stars lie many light-years away.
9. Two astronauts were flying in the landing-craft.
10. My bedroom is located at the end of the hall.

Answer 1

Compound Nouns are those words where two words of different meanings when joined together give altogether a different work and totally a new meaning.

E.g. Back implies behind

yard implies measurement just like metre.

Whereas when we join backyard, it implies the home backyard which is  the garden close to the kitchen in  a villa where vegetables and fruit plants are planted especially in the Western countries.

(1) backyard = back + yard

(2) grandfather = grand + father

(3) high school = high + school

(4) doorknob = door + knob

(5) racehorse = race + horse

(6) self-control = self + control

(7) lifeguards = life + guards

(8) light-years = light + years

(9) landing-craft = landing + craft

(10) bedroom = bed + room