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The large vessel launched a small rowboat to send a group of sailors ashore.


Which underlined word is a compound noun?



rowboat



group



vessel



sailors

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Rowboat
You are conjoining the two words "row" and "boat" to create the new word.

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Answer: A) Rowboat.

Explanation: a noun is a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things, or to name a particular one of these. A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more existing words. In the given sentence we can see an example of a compound noun in the word "rowboat" (corresponding to option A), because it is formed by the words "row" and "boat."

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