Practice identifying, building, and using compound words made from two smaller words.
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Building bigger words from two smaller words
Language Arts - Grade 2-3
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Circle the compound word in this sentence: I packed my lunchbox before school.
- 2
Combine these two words to make a compound word: sun + flower.
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Split the compound word into two smaller words: toothbrush.
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Choose the compound word: cat, playground, jump.
- 5
Write a compound word that means a small cake baked in a cup-shaped paper.
- 6
Fill in the blank with the correct compound word: rain + bow = ____.
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Use the compound word baseball in a sentence.
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Which two words make the compound word notebook? Choose one: note + book, not + ebook, no + tebook.
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Combine these two words to make a compound word: snow + man.
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Read the sentence: The firefighter climbed the ladder. Write the compound word and its two smaller words.
- 11
Is the word apple a compound word? Explain your answer.
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Make a compound word using the word house. You may put a word before or after house.
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Match the words to make two compound words: rain, basket, coat, ball. Write the two compound words.
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Fill in the blank with a compound word: I put butter on my ____ at breakfast. Use bread as one part of the word.
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Write the two smaller words in the compound word bedtime. Then write a sentence using bedtime.