1. Compound Words
- nouns made up of two or more words
- may be spelt with a hypen (–)
Examples
Home + work = homework
Work + shop = workshop
mother + in + law = mother-in-law
make + up = make-up
2. Using suffixes
- Ship = friendship
- tion = attraction
- ness = fitness
- ment = shipment
- hood = manhood
- er = teacher
3. Using certain adjectives or verbs
the rich/the poor
the do's/the don'ts
the haves/the have-nots
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