Question

Choose the word that CANNOT be coupled with the given word to form a new word.

News

• A. Letter
• B. Week
• C. Stand
• D. Paper

Hint:

One option only works as a proper noun brand name, not as a common compound word.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The task here is to spot which option fails to make a genuine common noun when attached to "news". Newsletter, newsstand, and newspaper are all ordinary words used daily. A newsletter is a short periodic bulletin sent to members of a group. A newsstand is the small shop or stall selling papers and magazines on the street. A newspaper is the printed sheet of daily or weekly news.

"Week" behaves differently from the rest. Combined with "news" it does not create a common English noun through normal compounding rules. "Newsweek" exists only as the trademarked title of a specific magazine, which is a proper noun, not a generic word anyone could use in a sentence the way "newspaper" is used.

Because three options form regular compound nouns and one forms only a brand name, the word that cannot be coupled with "News" to form a new common word is Week, option 2.