Compound Words

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Compound Words
A compound word is a word that is made up of two other words.
For example foot + ball gives us football.
The two words must be words in their own right, so you can not have
words like Beaut + iful for beautiful.
Task One
Look at these words. How many compound words can you make by
putting two together to make a new word? There are lots of different
possibilities to find out.
Hint: A dictionary might help.
Example Pea + hen becomes Peahen (a female peacock)
Tea
Hand
Fish
Moon
Pea
Tele
Spoon
Bag
Ship
Hen
Nut
Graph
Cup
Board
Dust
Moor
Pay
Scope
Table
Star
Light
Land
Phone
Box
Task Two
How many compound words can you think up yourself?
Make a list like the one in task one showing clearly the two words you
have used to make the compound words you have found.
Extension
Choose ten of the compound words and put them into sentences.
Can you make all ten sentences relate to the same theme? For example,
all the words could be put in sentences about animals or school .

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