NAME: _____________________________________Date: ________________ Score: ___________ Quiz # 2

FORMING THE PLURAL OF COMPOUND NOUNS

Compound nouns are words for people, animals, places, things, or ideas, made up of two
or more words. Usually, the most important word in a compound word is the one that takes the
plural form.
Examples:
haircut
haircuts
swimming pool
swimming pools
son-in-law
sons-in-law
headline
headlines
rear admiral
rear admirals
stepdaughter
stepdaughters
bedroom
bedrooms
grandmother
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2. ACTIVITY 1
4.
Give the plural form of the following compound nouns. Write the answer on
the blank.
5. 1. by-product
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16.12. drugstore
6. 2. lieutenant colonel
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7. 3. secretary of state
17.13. hairstyle
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18.14. snowman
8. 4. blackboard
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9. 5. attorney-at-law
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19.15. court-martial
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10.6. editor-in-chief
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20.16. godparent
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11.7. bystander
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21.17. headmaster
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12.8. brother-in-law
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22.18. passer-by
13.9. maid of honor
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14.10. stepfather
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23.19. toolbox
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15.11. officer-in-charge
24.20. woman doctor
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ACTIVITY 2
27.
Read each sentence and form the plural of the compound noun in the parenthesis
and write it on the line.

MRS. MICHAELA M. BERNARDO

ENGLISH
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1. There are many _________________ in the school. (classroom)

2. I can drive very easily on _________________ as there is less traffic. (freeway)
3. I hate _________________ in the hot summer nights. (firefly)
4. Mother gave the two _________________ to Ruben. (sandwich)
5. My three great _________________ sent me an airplane ticket. (grandmother)
6. _________________ in the Philippines are regarded as the best in the world. (Airport)
7. Grandpa cleaned the _________________ in the kitchen. (paintbrush)
8. Those _________________ were making a lot of noise. (troublemaker)
9. Mama bought two _________________ for the orphanage. (wheel chair)
10.When I finished nailing the _________________ I went out to the backyard. (wallboard)
11._________________ were climbing up the side of the fence. (Morning glory)
12.Travel India provides best _________________ in the city. (travel agent)
13.My two _________________, Lucy and Helen, carried kitchen utensils outdoors. (great aunt)
14.Five _________________ brought me letters that made me excited as a bag of jumping beans.
(mail carrier)
15.I helped my Uncle Pedro build ten new _________________. (henhouse)
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ACTIVITY 3
31.
Encircle the correct spelling of the nouns in the parenthesis.
1. The (officers-in-charge, officer-in-charges) are at a loss on what to do.
2. (Headsline, Headlines) motivate me to read the whole news.
3. The messiest job was cleaning the (townshouse, townhouses).
4. I always remember the general half annual check-up of my (grandparents, grandsparent).
5. His bravery as a fire fighter astonished the (commanders-in-chief, commander-in-chiefs).