Question

A scandal involving a football club is ________
What do we call this thing? Use the structure noun + noun:
A) a club scandal
B) a football club scandal
C) a scandal
D) a football club

Answer 1

Hint: In the above question we have to identify what a scandal involving a football club must be called such that its name conveys the entire information in the sentence. We have to name it using the noun + noun form. This form is also included in the categories of noun modifiers and compound nouns.

Complete answer:
Some rules related to noun+noun forms:
- First noun is usually singular even if it conveys a plural meaning in combination with the other noun. E.g A toothbrush.
- Some first nouns can be plural as well. However, most of those that are plural, don't have a singular form. E.g Savings Account, hair dryer.
- The combined nouns function as a single segment.
- There can be a combination of more than two nouns as well.
- The nouns may be combined to form one word( e.g. toothbrush), may be separated with hyphen (e.g. ice-axe) or can be written separately as two different words (e.g.- Cotton cloth).

Option A and option D both are given in noun+noun form but option C has only one noun. Both A and D options despite being in noun+noun form do not convey the complete information. However, option B meets all the requirements i.e. it is written in noun + noun form as well as it conveys complete information.

Therefore the correct answer is option B.

Note: In noun + noun form we do not use possessives i.e. noun with ‘s because while using possessives we show ownership but in this case we have to make a new noun with a combination of two or more nouns.