The Compound Words Page 3
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4Important Notes
Important Notes
This is a workbook for learning over 7,000 compound and hyphenated words. It is not a
reference book; please consult your standard dictionary to look up compound or hyphenated
words.
Learning these words is fun and easy. You will learn most of them by simply looking at them. If
you insist on memorizing all of them, you will need to read each group of words aloud as many
times as needed until you memorize their spelling. The 7,000 words are prepared for you to
simply look at or read and learn. For instance, 106 compound words and 29 hyphenated words
that begin with an “a” are prepared for you, colored, and listed on three pages.
What is a compound word?
As in “textbook” and as in “nowadays,” a compound word is one word, composed of two or
more other words. The following words are examples of some compound words:
cannot
borderline
however
anyone
anything
everything
someone
whereas
whatever
herself
throughout
breakthrough
keyboard
laptop
download
goodbye
fingerprint
fireplace
freeway
afternoon
airplane
artwork
backward
businessman
birthday
brainwash
nowadays
What is a hyphenated word?
A hyphenated word is a word made of the two or more words that is separated by hyphens, as in
self-esteem
and step-by-step. Usually, a noun follows a hyphenated word, as in “down-to-
earth
person” and, as in
“first-class
service.”
all-out
double-click
attorney-at-law
carry-out
back-and-forth
back-to-back
down-the-line
day-to-day
door-to-door
empty-handed
first-class
free-for-all
full-time
part-time
face-to-face
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