compound words

compound words

by sharon brown

Multiple Choice

What makes this compound word?

• mouse + girl

• dog + boy

• bat + man

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What makes this compound word?

• sun + light

• sun + glasses

• moon + hat

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Which is a compound word?

• afternoon

• telephone

• snowing

• animals

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Which word is a compound word?

• princess

• bathtub

• remember

• pretest

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Which word is a compound word?

• everything

• frighten

• glasses

• bunnies

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Which word is not a compound word?

• firefly
• butterfly
• blueberry
• happiness

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Paperweight is a compound word. You can tell from the two parts of the word that a paperweight is...

• someone who is really heavy
• how much your homework weighs
• what you put on papers to keep them from blowing away
• a special scale your doctor uses to weigh

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Rainfall is a compound word.  You can tell from the two parts of the word that rainfall is

• When you slip in a puddle
• water that comes from the sky
• a time of year, like summer or spring
• the path of a river to the sea

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A suffix is a word part that comes

• At the beginning of a word
• In the middle of a word
• At the end of a word
• At the end of a sentence

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Which word below is a compound word?

• beautiful
• preschool
• moment
• homemade

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Is soccer a compound word?

• yes
• no

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Footprint is a compound word. You can tell from the two parts of the word that a footprint is...

• your feet
• the shoes that fit your feet
• writing your name in the sand with your feet
• the mark your foot leaves behind

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What words make up the compound word dragonfly?

• dra, gone, and fly
• butter and fly
• dragon and fly
• drag, on , and fly

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Is baseball a compound word?

• Yes
• No

Multiple Choice

Choose the compound word

• banana
• toothbrush
• zipper
• candle

Multiple Choice

Choose the compound word from the sentence below.

My favorite way to get to the island is by sailboat.

• favorite

• island

• sailboat

Multiple Choice

Choose the compound word from the sentence below.

It's a mistake to forget to tie your shoelace

• mistake

• shoelace

• forget

Multiple Choice

Choose the compound word from the sentence below.

You should unpack your backpack before dinner.

• dinner

• backpack

• unpack

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Choose the compound word from the sentence below.

To prevent being discovered, we had to tiptoe.

• tiptoe

• discovered

• prevent