Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Seven, Lesson Two: Blended Words

  1. snail
  2. pail
  3. quail
  4. sprain
  5. brain
  6. grain
  7. national
  8. ecosystem
  9. cycle
  10. system
  1. habitat
  2. producers
  3. decomposers
  4. herbivores
  5. community
  6. niche
  7. consumers
  8. chain
  9. competition
  10. carnivores
Blended Words

Consider the following list of words: 


	slop + slush = slosh

	smack + mash = smash

	squirm + wiggle = squiggle

	chunk + lump = clump

	chuckle + snort = chortle

	binary + digit = bit
In this lesson we refer to a word which is formed from a blending of two words blended words. Another name for these words is portmanteau words.

Here are some more examples: 


	flame + glare = flare

	twist + whirl = twirl

	television + marathon = telethon

	splash + spatter = splatter

	fare + thee + well = farewell

	motor + pedal = moped
It would probably never occur to you (unless someone told you) that the word "farewell" is a blending of "fare thee well".

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