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What are nouns?

Nouns are naming words.

-They are names of people, animals, things, places and ideas.

-There are different types nouns.

-Look at the following video;

COMPOUND NOUNS PLUS POSSESSIVE

-Compound nouns can be made possessive by adding an apostrophe and s at the end the word.

-They tell us who or what owns or has possession of something.

-Examples;

• Desk of the shopkeeper-The shopkeeper desk

• House of father-in-law-Father-in-law's house

• Luggage of sportsman-sportsman's luggage 

COMPOUND NOUNS PLUS NOUN GROUP

-look at the following images.

-Noun groups are names used to describe something using more than one word.

-They consist of; an article or a determiner and one or more than adjectives or adverbs.

-Answer the following questions.

Answers

Answer the following questions in your exercise books.

-Rewrite the following compound nouns in possessive form.

• Samples of salesperson

• Uniform of policeman

• Speech of chairman

• Office of headteacher

• Car of mother-in law

Answers

• Salesperson's samples

• Policeman's

• Chairman's speech

• Headteacher's office Mother-in-law's car