Unit I Lesson 1 Two-Syllable Compound Words

Part A:
Meet the Root

Divide and Conquer

Directions: “Divide” two-syllable compound words
into two words. Then “conquer” them
by writing the meaning of the compound words.

compound
base word base word word means

bed room room for a bed

1. bedroom ___________ ___________ ________________

foot Foot for a print

2. footprint ___________ ___________
print ________________

3. mailbox ______mail_____ ____box_______ _______mail for a box

4. backpack __back________ pack

___________ Back for a
_ pack__________
5. sidewalk __walk _____ _____side for a walk
_______side____ ___________
6. shoelace __shoe_________ lace________ ____shoe for a
__lace__________
7. carsick __car_________ _sick__________ _________car for a
sick_______
8. skateboard __skate________ ___board_______ __skate for a
_ _ board___________
9. tiptoe tip___________ _toe__________ ___tip for a
toe_____________
10. sailboat _sail __________ ___boat___________ ___________sail for a
boat_________

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Part B:
Combine and Create

Solving Riddles
Directions: Here are some riddles. The answers are compound words.

I ama box. Mail gets put in me.

I am a ____box___________________________________________
.

I am an animal. I swim in water. My color is gold.

I am a _dholpin______________________________________________
.

My second part means a trim. My

f rst part is on your head.
i
I am a _hear______________________________________________
.

I am a machine. f Iy in the sky.

l
I am an _plane_____________________________________________
.

I amf at. You can stand on me. I let you skate.

l
I am a _ewheel__________________________________
.

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