Compound nouns
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Hello
and
welcome
to
Six
Minute
Vocabulary
with
me
,
Alex
and
me
,
Finn
.
And
today
we're
we're
looking
at
compound
nouns
.
And
what
are
you
eating
?
Popcorn
.
I've
also
got
some
ice
cream
.
Do
you
want
some
,
Alice
?
Well
,
maybe
after
the
show
.
Oh
,
sorry
.
In
today's
show
,
we're
looking
at
Compound
.
We'll
look
at
what
they
are
,
what
they
mean
and
how
to
use
them
.
There
will
be
a
quiz
and
we'll
leave
you
with
a
tasty
top
tip
for
learning
vocabulary
.
So
first
up
,
we're
going
to
listen
to
Bill
and
his
daughter
in
law
talking
about
Bill's
computer
.
And
here's
a
question
to
think
about
while
you
listen
.
What's
wrong
with
Bill's
laptop
?
What's
wrong
with
Bill's
laptop
?
Let's
find
out
.
I'm
having
problems
with
this
new
software
.
Where's
my
keys
?
Good
.
With
computers
.
He's
buying
postcards
at
the
post
office
,
I
think
.
Let
me
have
a
look
then
.
Uh
huh
.
I
think
I
can
fix
this
.
Susan
,
you're
my
favorite
daughter
in
law
,
but
should
I
buy
a
new
laptop
?
I
think
you'll
have
to
build
this
keyboard
.
Doesn't
work
at
all
.
So
that's
Bill
and
his
daughter
in
law
.
And
we
asked
you
what's
wrong
with
Bill's
laptop
?
And
the
answer
is
the
keyboard
doesn't
work
.
Now
,
keyboard
is
a
key
word
in
today's
show
because
it's
an
example
of
a
compound
noun
.
That's
right
.
In
English
vocabulary
,
we
often
put
two
or
more
nouns
together
to
form
a
new
noun
with
a
meaning
that
combines
the
meanings
of
the
two
original
nouns
.
We
call
these
words
,
for
example
,
keyboard
.
The
second
part
board
names
,
the
thing
we
are
talking
about
,
and
the
first
part
tells
us
what
type
of
thing
it
is
.
It's
a
board
with
keys
.
Now
we
usually
write
keyboard
as
one
word
.
Same
with
laptop
software
and
postcard
,
but
we
write
others
as
two
words
.
For
example
,
post
office
.
It's
an
office
where
we
post
things
and
we
write
it
as
two
words
.
Unfortunately
,
there
aren't
really
any
rules
about
when
to
write
compound
nouns
as
one
word
and
when
to
write
them
as
two
words
.
So
be
sure
to
use
a
good
dictionary
.
You're
listening
to
BBC
Learning
English
dotcom
,
and
we're
talking
about
compound
nouns
,
and
if
you
listening
carefully
,
earlier
on
,
you
might
have
noticed
a
few
compound
nouns
right
at
the
start
,
popcorn
with
one
of
them
.
We
also
had
ice
cream
,
another
compound
noun
.
And
you
may
also
have
noticed
how
these
words
are
pronounced
with
compound
nouns
.
The
stress
usually
goes
on
the
first
part
,
like
this
popcorn
ice
cream
keyboard
.
Now
,
what's
our
final
example
?
Ali's
daughter
in
law
.
This
compound
noun
is
made
of
a
noun
and
a
prepositional
phrase
.
Now
,
when
we
write
three
word
compounds
,
we
usually
use
hyphens
,
little
dashes
between
the
words
.
This
shows
the
three
words
go
together
and
the
plural
is
daughters
in
law
,
not
daughter
in
laws
.
We
are
talking
about
two
daughters
,
so
we
the
plural
s
to
this
word
.
Do
you
have
any
daughters
in
law
,
?
No
,
I
don't
.
I'm
far
too
young
to
have
any
.
Course
you
are
.
Yes
,
but
I
do
have
a
sister
in
law
and
she's
a
lovely
woman
.
Lovely
.
Very
nice
.
Let's
hear
about
compound
nouns
again
.
Their
fixed
expressions
formed
from
two
or
three
words
linked
together
in
different
ways
.
There
are
compounds
we
write
as
one
word
like
keyboard
software
and
popcorn
,
but
we
write
some
of
them
as
two
separate
words
like
post
office
and
ice
cream
.
That's
right
.
Now
it's
time
for
a
quiz
.
I'm
going
to
say
a
compound
noun
.
And
I'm
also
going
to
say
whether
we
write
it
as
one
word
,
two
words
or
with
hyphens
and
you
decide
if
this
is
true
or
false
.
Ready
?
Yes
.
Number
one
,
popcorn
,
two
words
.
And
that's
false
.
It's
one
word
.
No
.
Two
ice
cream
,
one
word
false
.
It's
two
words
.
And
number
three
,
daughters
in
law
with
hyphens
.
True
.
That's
right
.
It
has
hyphens
well
done
if
you
got
those
right
.
And
that
brings
us
almost
to
the
end
of
the
program
.
But
before
we
finish
,
here's
today's
top
tip
for
learning
vocabulary
.
Practice
the
pronunciation
of
compound
nouns
.
The
stress
is
on
the
first
word
.
So
try
saying
hot
dog
with
an
equal
stress
on
both
words
.
Hot
dog
.
This
means
a
dog
that
is
hot
.
Then
say
it
again
with
the
stress
on
the
first
word
.
Hot
dog
.
That's
a
type
of
sausage
snack
.
Oh
great
.
Thank
you
.
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wonderful
.
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