Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Three, Lesson Four: Compound Words


  1. sprang
  2. wrangle
  3. slang
  4. angle
  5. angel
  6. timber
  7. lumber
  8. logging
  9. forest
  10. sapling
  1. hardwood
  2. hemlock
  3. cedar
  4. pine
  5. almond
  6. walnut
  7. peanut
  8. pistachio
  9. chestnut
  10. acorn
Compound Words

Some words look like compound words, but are not actually compound words:


	carpet			acorn			office

	hemlock

These words can be split into two words, but the meaning of the whole word is not derived from the meanings of the two parts.

	car + pet  --> Although carpet is made of the letters which make
			the words "car" and "pet", the meaning of carpet
			is not the result of a combination of the
			ideas "car" and "pet".

	a + corn   --> You can divide acorn into the words "a" and "corn", 
			but the meaning of acorn has nothing to do with
			either of these words.

	off + ice  --> The word office can be divided into "off" + "ice",
			but its meaning is not made of these two ideas.


	hem + lock --> The meanings of the words "hem" and "lock" do not 
			combine to help us to understand the meaning of
			"hemlock".


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