Exploring Compound Words for Kids

The video tutorial introduces compound words, explaining that they are formed by joining two separate words with different meanings to create a new word with a distinct meaning. The tutorial provides numerous examples, such as 'rainbow', 'starfish', and 'football', to illustrate the concept. It concludes with a revision of the definition and encourages viewers to remember and learn the concept of compound words.

What are compound words?

• Words that are always nouns.

• Words that have only one syllable.

• Words that sound the same but have different meanings.

• Words formed by adding two separate words together.

Which of the following is a compound word?

• None of the above

• Rainbow

• Rain

• Bow

What do you get when you combine 'star' and 'fish'?

• Fishstar

• Fishy

• Starfish

• Seastar

Which compound word is formed by 'jelly' and 'fish'?

• Jellyfish

• Sea jelly

• Jelly sea

• Fishjelly

What does 'foot' and 'ball' create?

• Football

• Footbowl

• Footyball

• Ballfoot

Identify the compound word from 'butter' and 'fly'.

• Butterfly

• Flybutter

• Butteryfly

• Flutterby

Which option is not a compound word?

• Raincoat

• Wheelchair

• Cupcake

• Sunshine

What compound word results from 'sun' and 'flower'?

• Flower of the sun

• Sunflower

• Sunnyflower

• Flowersun

Which of the following is correctly formed by two words?

• Sunglass

• Keyboard

• All of the above

• Basketball

Why is it important to learn compound words?

• To improve vocabulary

• All of the above

• To understand the meaning of new words

• To enhance reading skills