170 UNIT 14
VOCABULARY
Compound nouns
Books closed. Ask the class ‘Where does a bus stop?’ and
elicit
bus
stop.
Write it
on the board. Point out that these
words are called compound nouns;
some are written as
one word (e.g.
bedroom
) and others as two words (e.g.
bus
stop
).
1
Books open. Ask the students to look at the map, article
and exercises on page 84 to find the 12 compound nouns.
If necessary, give the students the first letters of each
word in
the compound noun to help them, e.g. t
c
, t
s
.
Answers
town centre, train station, post office, supermarket, car park,
traffic lights,
petrol station, sports centre, bus station, police
station, swimming pool, police officer
2
If students have access to a dictionary (paper or online),
encourage them to check whether
the compound noun is
one or two words for themselves before telling them the
answer.
Answers
The answers are recorded for students to check and then
repeat.
postcard, cycle tour, walking tour, guidebook,
tour guide,
raincoat
3
Ask the students to read through the sentences and try
to think of a suitable compound noun before they look
at their new words in Exercise 2. Make sure they have
written each word correctly, i.e. as one or two words.
Answers
1 postcard 2 raincoat 3 tour guide 4
walking tour
5 guidebook 6 cycle tour
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