Compound nouns occur when two separate words are joined to form a new word. basketball

Compound nouns

Compound nouns occur when two separate words are joined to form a new word. For example: basketball

Form compound nouns from the box:

• cup + paste = cupcake
• news + paper = newspaper
• head + ache = headache
• end + board = endboard
• tooth + ache = toothache
• shop + keeper = shopkeeper
• week + end = weekend
• paper + clip = paperclip
• bed + room = bedroom
• book + shelf = bookshelf
• hair + brush = hairbrush
• note + book = notebook
• cut + lery = cutlery
• board + walk = boardwalk
• room + mate = roommate

Note: Some words in the box are not used to form compound nouns according to the provided list.