1. What is a compound noun?

Answer: A noun made up of two or more words. A compound noun is created by joining two or more words together to form
a single noun.

2. Which of the following is an example of a compound noun? a) Car, b) Street, c) Notebook

Answer: c) Notebook. “Notebook” is a compound noun because it is made up of two words, “note” and “book”.

3. Which of the following is NOT a compound noun? a) Toothbrush, b) Breakfast, c) Library

Answer: c) Library. “Library” is a simple noun, not a compound noun.

4. Which of the following is a closed compound noun? a) Waterfall, b) Toothpaste, c) Snowman

Answer: b) Toothpaste. “Toothpaste” is a closed compound noun, which means that it is written as a single word.

5. Which of the following is an open compound noun? a) Football, b) Baseball, c) Fire truck

Answer: c) Fire truck. “Fire truck” is an open compound noun, which means that it is written as two separate words.

6. Which of the following is a hyphenated compound noun? a) High school, b) Mother-in-law, c)
Swimming pool

Answer: b) Mother-in-law. “Mother-in-law” is a hyphenated compound noun, which means that it is written with a hyphen
between the words.

7. Which of the following is a noun made up of three words? a) Airplane, b) Ice cream, c)
Merry-go-round

Answer: c) Merry-go-round. “Merry-go-round” is a compound noun made up of three words.

8. Which of the following is a compound noun made up of two adjectives and a noun? a) Greenhouse,
b) Blueberry, c) Red-hot

Answer: c) Red-hot. “Red-hot” is a compound noun made up of two adjectives, “red” and “hot”, and a noun, “metal” or
“iron”.

9. Which of the following is NOT a compound noun? a) Beach ball, b) Raincoat, c) Firefighter

Answer: a) Beach ball. “Beach ball” is a simple noun, not a compound noun.

10. Which of the following is a compound noun made up of two verbs? a) Swimwear, b) Handshake, c) Breakdown

Answer: c) Breakdown. “Breakdown” is a compound noun made up of two verbs, “break” and “down”.