Language Arts: Compound Words and Contractions
Combining words and shortening word pairs
Language Arts: Compound Words and Contractions
Combining words and shortening word pairs
Language Arts - Grade 2-3
- 1
Make a compound word from the words sun and light.
Put the two words together to name a kind of light.
The compound word is sunlight. - 2
Make a compound word from the words rain and bow.
The compound word is rainbow. - 3
Make a compound word from the words tooth and brush.
This is something you use to clean your teeth.
The compound word is toothbrush. - 4
Make a compound word from the words play and ground.
The compound word is playground. - 5
Make a compound word from the words foot and ball.
This is the name of a sport.
The compound word is football. - 6
Write the contraction for do not.
The contraction for do not is don't. - 7
Write the contraction for cannot.
Use an apostrophe to show the missing letters.
The contraction for cannot is can't. - 8
Write the contraction for I am.
The contraction for I am is I'm. - 9
Write the contraction for we will.
The apostrophe replaces missing letters in will.
The contraction for we will is we'll. - 10
Write the contraction for she is.
The contraction for she is is she's. - 11
Circle the compound word in this sentence: We ate popcorn at the movie.
Look for a word made from two smaller words.
The compound word in the sentence is popcorn. - 12
Circle the contraction in this sentence: He's my best friend.
The contraction in the sentence is He's. - 13
Write a sentence using the compound word bedroom.
Use bedroom as a naming word in a complete sentence.
Answers will vary. One correct example is: My bedroom is neat and clean. - 14
Write a sentence using the contraction it's.
Answers will vary. One correct example is: It's time to go home. - 15
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: I cannot come today, so I say I ____ come today.
Change cannot into a shorter form with an apostrophe.
The correct contraction is can't, so the sentence is: I can't come today.