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Compound nouns can be formed with:

 

Noun + noun

 

Package holiday, computer game, TV set, website

 

-ing + noun

dining room

 

adjective + noun

 

greenhouse

 

to form the plural of these compound nouns, we use the plural form of the (second) noun.

 

Package holidays, computer games, TV sets, website, dining rooms, greenhouses

 

noun + preposition

 

passer-by

 

noun + preposition + noun

 

sister-in-law

 

to form the plural of these compound nouns, we use the plural of the (first) noun.

 

passers-by, sister-in-law

 

other combinations

 

take-off

 

to form the plural of these compound nouns, we add –s to the last word.

 

take-offs

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