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Compound Words

Learn to master compound words in English with a focus on meaning, pronunciation, and grammar rules. The course covers open, closed, and hyphenated compounds, common mistakes, and how stress changes meaning in everyday contexts.

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Course Facts

* When all activities are completed thoroughly with 10 minutes allocated to each self-study activity.

Course Objectives

To identify and classify compound words accurately.
To use compound nouns, adjectives and verbs correctly in spoken and written English.
To apply key spelling and hyphenation rules to avoid common compound-word errors.
To recognise and interpret meaning and stress differences between similar compound structures.
To create and use new compound words appropriately in real-life academic and workplace contexts.