G2 - Unit 11 - Compound nouns

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Good morning!

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Today's checklist
You can explain what a kenning is.
You can link kennings to today's topic: compound nouns
You can use compound nouns in sentences.

-Note: kennings and compound nouns (pay close attention)
-Do: Vocab Exc. 1, 2 (SB, p. 66) + Vocab Exc. 3, 4 (SB, p. 68)
                 Finished? Take a picture + hand it in to the assignment!

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kenning

a figurative name for a thing, usually expressed in a compound noun.

swan-road = sea


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What is the meaning of these kennings?

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Meaning of the kennings

battle-light = sword                           thought-hoard = mind        wave-stallion = sea                            book-hoard = library
bone-house = body                           death-hall =  hell    
battle-adder = arrow                         summer's guardian = cuckoo
heaven-candle = sun                        head's jewels = eyes


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Compound Nouns
            bookshelf       science lab

form: Compound nouns are two nouns pushed together to create a new one.

use: these two words put together create a new meaning entirely. 

           


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Compound nouns
You can make a compound noun by adding a noun, verb, preposition, adverb or adjective to a noun or verb such as:

- Noun + noun: Alarm clock, film star, classmate, credit card.
- Noun + verb(+er):  Dishwasher,  firefighter, hairdresser.
- Adjective + noun: blackbird, high school, whiteboard.

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Compound nouns
Compound Nouns describe one person or thing that belongs to another:
- Table leg: the leg of the table
- Bedroom ceiling: the ceiling of the bedroom
- Book cover: the cover of the book
- College Principle: the principle of the office

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Compound nouns
  • usually written as one or two words
→ washing machine
→ boyfriend
→ haircut
*mother-in-law

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Today's checklist
You can explain what a kenning is.
You can link kennings to today's topic: compound nouns
You can use compound nouns in sentences.

-Note: kennings and compound nouns (pay close attention)
-Do: Vocab Exc. 1, 2 (SB, p. 66) + Vocab Exc. 3, 4 (SB, p. 68)
                 Finished? Take a picture + hand it in to the assignment!

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