COMPOUND NOUN

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COMPOUND NOUN

1.          Kata benda yang terdiri dari dua kata atau lebih disebut kata benda majemuk (compound noun). Kata benda majemuk bisa di bentuk dengan menambahkan kata benda lain.

a.       Singular Compound Nouns

Cost of living	Death penalty	Student book
Fire brigade	Generation gap	Human race
Labour force	Labour market	Long jump
Mother-tongue	Private sector	Public sector
Solar system	Space age	Welfare state

b.       Plural Compound Nouns

Armed forces	Civil rights	Current affairs
French fries	Grass roots	High heels
Human rights	Industrial relations	Luxury goods
Social services	Social studies	Yellow pages

c.       Countable Compound Nouns

Address book	Air conditioner	Alarm clock
Baby-sitter	Back-seat-driver	Bank account
Blood donor	Brother-in-law	Burglar alarm
Can opener	Compact disk	Credit card
Dining-room	Estate agent	Film star
Fire engine	Health center	Heart attack
High school	Human being	Letter-box

d.       Uncountable Compound Nouns

Air-conditioning	Birth control	Blood pressure
Central heating	Chewing gum	Common sense
Cotton wool	Data processing	Dry-cleanning
Family planning	Fast-food	First-aid
General knowledge	Higher education	Income tax
Junk food	Mail order	Mineral water

2.        Kata benda majemuk (compound noun) juga bisa dibentuk dengan menempatkan gerund di depan kata benda.

Nouns	Compound Nouns	Meaning
room	Dining -room	Ruang makan
shoes	Dancing-shoes	Sepatu dansa
cards	Playing-cards	Kartu bermain
room	Waiting-room	Ruang tunggu