Compound nouns

livingroom, living room or living-room ?

How do we know which of these spellings is correct? Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/

-> Ask about English -> Compound words
-> Learn it -> Questions and answers -> Prefixes, suffixes, spelling and pronunciation -> hyphenated nouns; adjectives and prefixes

Read the explanations to complete the chart with the rules and some examples of each.

-> Quizzes -> Quiznet archive -> Compound nouns. Do the quiz. Add some more examples to your list.