Grammar Noun as Adjective and Compound Nouns   Nouns may be used as adjectives to qualify other nouns. Let´s study some cases:     Singular     # Noun as Adjective Noun Example 01 Baby Bottle This looks like a baby bottle but I don´t think it is. Do you know what it is? 02 Baby Powder What is this white powder? It looks and smells like baby powder 03 Bank  Account The new employee has opened a bank account in order to receive his payment 04 Blood  Pressure Your blood pressure seems to be alright now but you have to control yourself 05 Cat Bed The cat has gained a new cat bed and it´s quite happy now and doesn´t want to leave it anymore 06 Coconut Bread I´ve seen a wonderful coconut bread recipe on the internet but I´m so bad at cooking 07 Egg Basket That clumsy little girl has dropped the egg basket again. Don´t ever let her carry it again 08 School Bus The school bus has arrived too early and we´re not ready to go to school. It´ll have to wait 09 World Map There is a huge world map on the wall. It´s very helpful during the classes when it comes to Geography 10 Wedding Ceremony Your daughter´s wedding ceremony was stunning, the most beautiful thing I´ve ever seen in my life           Plural     # Noun as Adjective Noun Example 01 Beauty Queens Look at those girls; they are so pretty. They are known as the beauty queens 02 Blueberry  Muffins I´d love to eat blueberry muffins but they are just so hard to be found 03 Brick Roads That old city is so lovely with its many brick roads. Have you been there before? 04 Candy Boxes There are several candy boxes at the shop and a few kids are buying all of them 05 Chocolate Bars Rosana eats many chocolate bars per week. She´s crazy about chocolate, she´s a chocoholic 06 Soda Cans How many soda cans can you see in the fridge? I can´t see any, I can only see water bottles 07 Dinosaur Bones Paleontologists have found new dinosaur bones. These are the oldest bones discovered so far 08 History Books The bookshop has sold all the History books and have already ordered more to the supplier 09 Strawberry Pies Lady Anne loves strawberry pies. Every weekend she goes to the cafeteria to have them 10 Vanilla Cakes What are those cakes made of? Someone told me they are vanilla cakes but I´m not sure           Compound Nouns are nouns put together to make a new work, as shown below:           # Noun as Adjective Noun Compound Example 01 Bag Pipe Bagpipe Bagpipe is a traditional music instrument from Scotland 02 Body Guard Bodyguard That superstar has a bodyguard to protect her all the time 03 Door Bell Doorbell Children love pressing doorbells and running away 04 Eye Ball Eyeball Your eyes are so big that it looks like your eyeballs are popping out 05 Hair Brush Hairbrush Whose weird hairbrush is that? It´s not mine 06 Life Guard Lifeguard Lifeguards save people on the beaches when they are drowning or in danger 07 Street Car Streetcar San Francisco is famous all over the world for its charming streetcars 08 Surf Board Surfboard The surfer has bought a new surfboard and now he´s going to surf 09 Tooth Brush Toothbrush What´s the color of your toothbrush? Some say blue and red are the most sold ones 10 Tooth  Paste Toothpaste Besides the toothbrush, toothpaste is also necessary for brushing your teeth   Practicing All the Nouns in the first group match the nouns in the second group as a noun. All you have to do is match them.   Nouns as Adjective       ceramic airplane snake ultraviolet TV health cosmetic iron plastic banana pencil credit movie computer history snow DVD soap spring car diamond gold fire horse rat ball intervertebral family fire chicken asbestos space beach  flower school sugar stomach sun screw fox salt wood love rubber metal           Noun as Noun         ache driver tail cane light card device class case character disk fighter feather factory name industry jacket island insurance chair knife ball mask lake letter pilot radiation program plate poison ring saddle hole necklace gun rocket seed bag roof sand shelf air speed puppet bar     Globalized English School English in English   2009 - 2010 Globalized English School  - All rights reserved