COMPOUND WORDS 1

1. Compound words are made from two smaller words put together. Match
up the words to make some compound words. The first has been done for
you.

small words compound words

news glasses newspaper

home port

foot paper

tea table

air master

car berry

hair road

time work

sun ball

post ache

tooth park

black pot

head brush

cross office

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2. Form the compound words from the following words:

cow chair fly room arm

light berry snow ache mum

tooth ball rain straw house

man class boy butter grand

a) ____________ f) ____________
b) ____________ g) ____________
c) ____________ h) ____________
d) ____________ i) ____________
e) ____________ j) ____________

3. Use some words from exercise 2 to write 5 sentences:

a) ___________________________________
b) ___________________________________
c) ___________________________________
d) ___________________________________
e) ___________________________________

4. How many words can you think of, such as some + where = somewhere?

compound compound
small words small words
words words

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5. How many words can you think of that include each of the following
words?

man head ball eye grand

fireman handball

6. Identify the compound words:

a) You do it at home. ____________

b) You build one of these when it snows. ____________

c) These insects have colourful wings. ____________

d) You eat this small red fruit with cream. ____________

e) You use this to clean your teeth. ____________

f) You do your learning at school in here. ____________

g) You sleep there at home. ____________

h) You can read not only books. ____________

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ŘEŠENÍ:

1.

small words compound words

news glasses newspaper

home port homework

foot paper football

tea table teapot

air master airport

car berry carpark

hair road hairbrush

time work timetable

sun ball sunglasses

post ache postoffice

tooth park toothache

black pot blackberry

head brush headmaster

cross office crossroad

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2. Form the compound words from the following words:

a) cowboy f) snowball
b) armchair g) rainman
c) butterfly h) grandmum
d) classroom i) toothache
e) strawberry j) lighthouse

4. How many words can you think of, such as some + where = somewhere?

compound compound
small words small words
words words
any body anybody any thing anything
some body somebody any where anywhere
some thing something no body nobody

5. How many words can you think of that include each of the following
words?

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 man head ball eye grand
fireman headmaster handball eyelash grandma
rainman headache football eyebrow grandpa
snowman headteache volleyball eyeglasse grandson
fisherma r basketbal s granddaughter
n headphones l eyelid grandchild
policeman headlamp snowball eyeball

6. Identify the compound words:

a) You do it at home. homework

b) You build one of these when it snows. snowman
c) These insects have colourful wings. butterfly
d) You eat this small red fruit with cream. strawberry
e) You use this to clean your teeth. toothbrush
f) You do your learning at school in here. classroom
g) You sleep there at home. bedroom
h) You can read not only books. newspaper

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