Language Arts Grade Four

Unit Fourteen, Lesson Four: Compound Words


  1. ignite
  2. write
  3. bite
  4. kite
  5. quite
  6. quiet
  7. quit
  8. cowboy
  9. pillow
  10. yellow
  1. protozoa
  2. bacteria
  3. microorganism
  4. microbes
  5. tower
  6. terminal
  7. pollution
  8. breakdown
  9. microscope
  10. decompose
Compound Words

The meaning of a compound word is based on the two words out of which it is made. Here are some more compound words:


	grandmother	crosswalk	himself
	
	toothache	airplane	baseball
	
	birthday	meanwhile	lamppost

Here are some hints that make you think of a compound word:

  A cycle with a motor = motorcycle

  A tooth that hurts = toothache

  The time of day following noon = afternoon

  The day of someone's birth = birthday


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