Compound Words

Compound words are two words joined together to form a new word.

• True

• False

Which of these is not a compound word?

• Redhead

• Remember

• Jumpstart

Cupboard is a compound word; you can tell from the two words that cupboard means _____________

• a piece of furniture with a door and shelves used for storage

• a cup made of board

• a cup used for storage

A compound word that has 'for' as a base word is

________

• forest

• foreign

• forget

One of these is a compound word

• beautiful

• moment

• homemade

Which word is a compound word

• farmer

• fifty

• fireworks

Put together two words in this sentence to form a compound word.

When the sun shines, I get excited!

• Shinesun

• Sunshine

• Getsun

Which word is a compound word?

• Reading

• Setting

• Popcorn

Rainfall is a compound word that means

• a path in the river

• Water that falls from the sky

• a time of the year, like spring or summer

Choose the compound word from the following

• Zipper

• Candle

• Toothbrush