Lesson 3

 

Grado 9


 
 

 

Compound words are single words that are made up from two other words. For example, the word "butterfly" is made from the two words "butter" and "fly".

 

 

Compound words

Practicing exercise

 

I. Fill in each blank with a word from the box to make a compound word. Do not use a word in the box more than once.

ache

apple

barrow

bed

box

door

excel

fork

 

grand

graph

gun

home

laugh

leader

man

out

 

over

pay

pen

rain

self

side

snow

stone

 

table

touch

washer

way

web

work

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. 


mail______________

 

2. 


______________able

 

3. 


______________roll

 

4. 


cause______________

 

5. 


through______________

 

6. 


______________walk

 

7. 


______________less

 

8. 


______________dress

 

9. 


her______________

 

10. 


______________cloth

 

11. 


police______________

 

12. 


pitch______________

 

13. 


play______________

 

14. 


______________fire

 

15. 


key______________

 

16. 


______________ship

 

17. 


pine______________

 

18. 


______________mobile

 

19. 


______________lent

 

20. 


head______________

 

21. 


______________bow

 

22. 


______________bell

 

23. 


cob______________

 

24. 


frame______________

 

25. 


______________down

 

26. 


______________spread

 

27. 


auto______________

 

28. 


______________son

 

29. 


dish______________

 

30. 


wheel______________

 

 

Compound words

Practicing exercise-Answer key

 

1   mailbox

2   laughable

3   payroll

4   causeway

5   throughout

6   sidewalk

7   homeless

8   overdress

9   herself

10 tablecloth

11 policeman

12 pitchfork

13 playpen

14 gunfire

15 keystone

16 leadership

17 pineapple

18 snowmobile

19 excellent

20 headache

21 rainbow

22 doorbell

23 cobweb

24 framework

25 touchdown

26 bedspread

27 autograph

28 grandson

29 dishwasher

30 wheelbarrow

 

 

Compound words

Quiz

 

I. Write sixteen compound words using the words provided in the box. Do not use a word in the box more than once.

auto

boat

bone

care

country

down

foot

force

 

fork

free

graph

hill

hope

less

man

meal

 

nut

oat

off

one

pea

pitch

rein

shin

 

some

spring

steam

stop

vine

ward

watch

yard

 

 

 

 

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Compound words

Quiz-Answer key

 

1   stopwatch

2   downward

3   foothill

4   peanut

5   reinforce

6   steamboat

7   offspring

8   countryman

9   autograph

10  carefree

11  hopeless

12  oatmeal

13  pitchfork

14  someone

15  vineyard

16  shinbone

 

 

Compound words

Test 

 

I. Fill in each blank with a word to make a compound word.

1. 


______________lass

 

2. 


______________field

 

3. 


off______________

 

4. 


pop______________

 

5. 


______________bin

 

6. 


back______________

 

7. 


______________shoe

 

8. 


______________wood

 

9. 


lip______________

 

10. 


______________nap

 

11. 


profit______________

 

12. 


over______________

 

13. 


______________more

 

14. 


boat______________

 

15. 


lock______________

 

16. 


______________knob

 

17. 


______________worm

 

18. 


turn______________

 

19. 


cross______________

 

20. 


sky______________

 

21. 


______________light

 

22. 


eye______________

 

23. 


______________casting

 

24. 


______________thing

 

25. 


______________ice

 

26. 


______________nut

 

27. 


jaw______________

 

28. 


______________less

 

29. 


south______________

 

30. 


wide______________

 

31. 


repel______________

 

32. 


______________crow

 

33. 


our______________

 

34. 


______________work

 

35. 


text______________

 

36. 


______________girl

 

37. 


mince______________

 

38. 


______________coat

 

39. 


some______________

 

40. 


______________board

 

41. 


______________hand

 

42. 


pan______________

 

 

Compound words

Test –Answer key
 

1   cutlass

2   battlefield

3   offspring

4   popcorn

5   bobbin

6   backhoe

7   snowshoe

8   dogwood

9   lipstick

10  kidnap

11  profitable

12  overrun

13  furthermore

14  boathouse

15  locksmith

16  doorknob

17  earthworm

18  turnstile

19  crosswalk

20  skyline

21  floodlight

22  eyewitness

23  broadcasting

24  plaything

25  cowardice

26  peanut

27  jawbone

28  aimless

29  southeast

30  widespread

31  repellent

32  scarecrow

33  ourselves

34  patchwork

35  textbook

36  cowgirl

37  mincemeat

38  raincoat

39  somewhat

40  billboard

41  beforehand

42  pantry

 

 

 


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