Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Five, Lesson Four: Compound Words

  1. chicken
  2. check
  3. rich
  4. peach
  5. chase
  6. cheek
  7. shore
  8. depth
  9. ferry
  10. crystal
  1. clear
  2. Mercury
  3. Venus
  4. Earth
  5. Mars
  6. Saturn
  7. Jupiter
  8. Neptune
  9. Uranus
  10. Pluto
Compound Words

The following word is not a compound word: 


	carpet
Why is carpet not a compound word? The reason is that the meaning of carpet has nothing to do with the words "car" and "pet."

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

	railroad	outside		motorcycle

	nationwide	breakfast	everything	

	fireplace
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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