Compound Words

Read each sentence below and choose the compound word or words appropriate for each statement/s.

In the ______ I will immediately arrange a meeting with my friend.

• afternoon

• after noon

• afternon

• after non

My _____ is coming home for the holidays.

• grand father

• grandfather

• grandpa

• grand pa

I really want a _______ and jelly sandwich.

• peanutbutter

• peanutbuter

• peanut butter

• peanut buter

She is a _____ teacher.

• part time

• parttime

• part-time

• partime

Let’s go play some _____.

• basket ball

• basketball

• bball

• basketbal

I’m so tired of looking for _____ housing.

• on campus

• incampus

• in campus

• on-campus

I climbed the mountain even though my _____ hurt.

• back bonne

• backbonne

• backbone

• back bone

We saw many different types of _______ on the safari in the nature preserve.

• wild-life

• wildlife

• wild life

• wildlyfe

Jackie hit a ______ in her very first softball game!

• home run

• homerun

• home-run

• hommerun

The ______ documents were full of secret government information.

• top-secret

• top secret

• topsecret

• toppsecret