Compound Words Worksheet With Answers
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5Word + Word = Compound word
Look at these words:
football = foot + ball
keyhole = key + hole
A word that is made by joining two words is called a compound word.
The following exercises may help you to understand how new words
are formed in English from two separate words, and to remember some
unusual spellings where a letter is lost in pronouncing the word. For
example, cupboard (originally a board on which cups were placed) is now
pronounced more like cubbord.
Note:
When a new compound is created in English, it is frequently
hyphenated (e.g. pop-star) until it has become so accepted that it becomes
a compound word - popstar.
Answers to the Exercises are on the last page.
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