Question

Exercise 4: Identifying Compound Nouns.  Each of the following sentences has one or more         compound nouns.  Underline each compound noun.

 

Example: The scouts hoised their pennant up the flagpole.

 

1.   In a desert, both people and animals search for water holes. 

2.   The dining room in our hotel is quite near the swimming pool.

3.   This old typewriter belongs to my grandfather.

4.   She has pictures of a wolf spider, a horned beetle, and a praying mantis.

5.   Our teams excel in football and basketball.

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Answer 1

Answer:

hj

Explanation:

1) water hole.

2) dining room, swimming pool.

3) typewriter, grandfather.

4) wolf spider, praying mantis.

5) football, basketball.

Answer 2

Answer:

the scouts hoisted their pennant up the flagpole