Tamilnadu Board Class 10 English Vocabulary Compound Words

Tamilnadu State Board Class 10 English Vocabulary Compound Words

♦ Compound Words (Text Book Page No.: 99-100)

A compound word is a combination of two or more words that a function is a single unit of meaning. There are three types of compound:

1. Closed compound words are formed when two unique words are joined together, e.g. flowerpots.
2. Open compound words have a space between the words, but when they are read together, a new meaning is formed,
   E.g: living room.
3. Hyphenated compound words are connected by a hyphen, e.g brother-in-law.

Read these sentences :

1. Beyond the iron gates were the playing field and the two-storeyed school building.
2. The owner of the tea shop, now over sixty, a little fustic in appearance, with his white neatly-combed hair and clean look, was the same as before.
3. His nerves seemed overwrought for some reason. The words in italics are Compound words

By Formation:

1. Compound Nouns:

Type	Word 1	Word 2	Compound Word
1. Noun + Noun	moon	light	moonlight
	chess	board	chess-board
	shoe	maker	shoemaker
	man	servant	manservant
2. Adjective + Noun	sweet	heart	sweetheart
	noble	man	nobleman
	short	hand	shorthand
	black	board	blackboard
3. Verb + Noun	pick	pocket	pickpocket
	play	ground	playground
	hang	man	hangman
	dare	devil	daredevil
4. Gerund + Noun	spelling	book	spelling-book
	walking	stick	walking-stick
	drawing	room	drawing-room
	visiting	card	visiting-card
5. Adverb(or Preposition) + Noun	in	side	inside
	over	coat	overcoat
	by	path	bypath
	off	spring	offspring
6. Verb + Adverb	draw	back	drawback
	lock	up	lockup
	die	hard	diehard
	send	off	sendoff
7. Adverb + Verb	out	set	outset
	up	keep	upkeep
	out	cry	outcry
	in	come	income

2. Compound Adjectives:

Type	Word 1	Word 2	Compound Word
1. Noun + Adjective (or Participle)	hand	made	handmade
	heart	broken	heartbroken
	home	sick	homesick
	sky	blue	sky blue
2. Adjective + Adjective	red	hot	red-hot
	blue	black	blue-black
	white	hot	white-hot
	dull	grey	dull-grey
3. Adverb + Participle	in	born	inborn
	out	spoken	outspoken
	never	ending	never-ending
	long	suffering	long-suffering

3. Compound Verbs:

Type	Word 1	Word 2	Compound Word
Noun + Verb	back	bite	back-bite
	type	write	type-write
	brow	beat	brow-beat
	ear	mark	earmark
Adjective + Verb	white	wash	whitewash
	safe	guard	safeguard
Adverb + Verb	over	throw	overthrow
	over	take	overtake
	under	take	undertake
	under	go	undergo

More examples:

Word 1	Word 2	Compound Word
air	port	airport
blood	count	blood count
blood	bank	blood bank
blood	shed	bloodshed
blue	cross	blue cross
book	marks	bookmarks
book	seller	book seller
break	fast	break fast
car	park	car park
child	labour	child-labour
child	hood	childhood
cricket	ground	cricket ground
cup	board	cupboard
day	break	daybreak
deep	fry	deep fry
dining	table	dining table
door	step	doorstep
down	cast	downcast
dry	clean	dry clean
eye	brow	eyebrow
fast	food	fast food
flash	back	flashback
fly	catcher	fly catcher
foot	steps	foot steps
gear	box	gearbox
good	will	good will
hair	cut	haircut
hair	dresser	hairdresser
hand	made	handmade
hand	written	handwritten
hand	cuff	handcuff
hard	copy	hard copy
hard	disk	hard disk
head	ache	headache
head	master	headmaster
head	light	headlight
ice	caps	ice caps
in	coming	incoming
in	sight	insight
land	mark	landmark
light	sensitive	light sensitive
make	over	make over
mdon	light	moonlight
mouth	wash	mouthwash
mouth	piece	mouthpiece
night	fall	nightfall
open	mind	open mind
out	post	outpost
out	come	outcome
out	let	outlet
out	sourcing	outsourcing
over	draft	overdraft
over	load	overload
over	weight	overweight
over	come	overcome
radio	wave	radio wave
radio	active	radio active
river	bank	river bank
river	bed	river bed
river	side	riverside
root	cause	root cause
safe	guard	safeguard
school	boy	school boy
sea	food	seafood
sea	shore	seashore
sewing	machine	sewing machine
soft	ware	software
star	gazing	star gazing
sun	set	sunset
sun	rise	sunrise
table	tennis	table tennis
tax	free	tax-free
tea	cup	teacup
tea	time	tea time
tele	pathy	telepathy
tele	cast	telecast
time	out	time out
two	fold	twofold
type	writer	typewriter
under	value	undervalue
under	take	undertake
under	estimate	underestimate
walking	stick	walking stick
wall	clock	wall clock
wall	paper	wallpaper
wash	out	washout
watch	dog	watchdog
water	fall	waterfall
water	mark	water mark
well	defined	well defined
wheel	chair	wheelchair
white	house	white house
whole	some	wholesome
whole	sale	wholesale
wind	screen	windscreen
wind	fall	windfall
wind	power	wind power
world	class	world-class
world	war	world war

Exercises

Choose the word from the options given to form a compound word:

Question 1.
Which of the words given below can be placed after safe to form a compound word?
(a) chair
(b) guard
(c) shop
(d) van
Answer:
(b) guard

Question 2.
Which of the words given below can be placed after water to form a compound word?
(a) food
(b) stick
(c) fall
(d) out
Answer:
(c) fall

Question 3.
Which of the words given below can be placed after blue to form a compound word?
(a) cane
(b) print
(c) see
(d) land
Answer:
(b) print

Question 4.
Which of the words given below can be placed after moon to form a compound word?
(a) day
(b) light
(c) mark
(d) shine
Answer:
(b) light

Question 5.
Which of the words given below can be placed before gazing to form a compound word?
(a) goat
(b) star
(c) boy
(d) land
Answer:
(b) star

Question 6.
Which of the words given below can be placed after land to form a compound word?
(a) hood
(b) mark
(c) load
(d) drive
Answer:
(b) mark

Question 7.
Which of the words given below can be placed after soft to form a compound word?
(a) play
(b) ware
(c) run
(d) cycle
Answer:
(b) ware

Question 8.
Which of the words given below can be placed before post to form a compound word?
(a) gate
(b) out
(c) late
(d) quick
Answer:
(b) out

Question 9.
Which of the words given below can be placed after fast to form a compound word?
(a) mark
(b) port
(c) good
(d) food
Answer:
(d) food

Question 10.
Which of the words given below can be placed after hand to form a compound word?
(a) light
(b) mark
(c) write
(d) written
Answer:
(d) written

Question 11.
Which of the words given below can be placed after walking to form a compound word?
(a) pole
(b) stick
(c) belt
(d) cane
Answer:
(b) stick

Question 12.
Which of the words given below can be placed before brow to form a compound word?
(a) brown
(b) eye
(c) hair
(d) thick
Answer:
(b) eye

Question 13.
Which of the words given below can be placed after head to form a compound word?
(a) role
(b) leader
(c) manager
(d) master
Answer:
(d) master

Question 14.
Which of the words given below can be placed after sea to form a compound word?
(a) toll
(b) roar
(c) thunder
(d) food
Answer:
(d) food

Question 15.
Which of the words given below can be placed after air to form a compound word?
(a) sea
(b) port
(c) pool
(d) loom
Answer:
(b) port

Question 16.
Which of the words given below can be placed before power to form a compound word?
(a) head
(b) house
(c) horse
(d) mute
Answer:
(c) horse

Question 17.
Which of the words given below can be placed after child to form a compound word?
(a) ship
(b) hood
(c) law
(d) game
Answer:
(b) hood

Question 18.
Which of the words given below can be placed after a break to form a compound word?
(a) car
(b) fast
(c) house
(d) stone
Answer:
(b) fast

Question 19.
Which of the words given below can be placed after car to form a compound word?
(a) street
(b) park
(c) house
(d) top
Answer:
(b) park

Question 20.
Which of the words given below can be placed after cricket to form a compound word?
(a) field
(b) court
(c) ground
(d) area
Answer:
(c) ground

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