Compound words
There are two groups of three words. One word from each, first group first, join together to make one new word.
What the question looks like
( tooth, kind, open ) ( brush, sad, lamp )
How Thena would solve it
Take the first word of the first group and join it to each word in the second, saying each aloud.
toothbrush toothsad toothlamp
Toothbrush is a word. Check the other words of the first group don’t make one too.
kindbrush kindsad kindlamp
openbrush opensad openlamp
Only tooth and brush make a word, with tooth first.
Answer: tooth and brush
The usual mistakes
Putting the words the wrong way round
The word from the first group always comes first.
Stopping at two words that go together
Kind and lamp might go in a sentence, but they don’t make one new word.
Missing a word that sounds different joined
Say the joined word aloud: car and pet make carpet.
Try ten
Ten compound words questions
A new set every time, marked when you finish.
Have paper and a pencil ready for working out.
Questions parents ask
How do you answer Compound words questions?
Take each word of the first group in turn and join it to each word of the second, saying the new word aloud. The word from the first group always comes first.
More in making words
- Hidden wordsA four-letter word across two words in a sentence.
- Missing three lettersThree letters taken out of a word, spelling a word.
- Complete the third pairThe same change made to a third word.
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