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Year 4
Investigating compound words
I can spell compound words.
New
New
Year 4
Investigating compound words
I can spell compound words.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Compound words are two or three existing words that join together to make one word.
- Compound words are most often nouns.
- Compound words have a new meaning, which is often linked to the meaning of the root word.
- How to spell the curriculum words: enough, naughty and forwards.
Common misconception
Pupils might assume any combination of words they create forms a compound word.
Look at some non-examples such as 'starwhere' and 'somefish' to teach them that not every combination makes a compound word.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Compound word - two or more words joined together
Supplement this lesson with images to ensure pupils understand the vocabulary. Images will also help children to remember new compound words.
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is the missing word in the following sentence? 'A __________ is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.'
prefix
noun
syllable
Q2.
What are the missing words in the following sentence? 'A prefix is a letter or group of letters added to __________ of a word to change its meaning.'
the middle
the end
Q3.
Match the words with the number of syllables they contain.
1
2
3
Q4.
Match the word pairs.
boots
time
tank
room
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence. 'The parque was crowded due to the sunny weather.'
parc
parck
pargue
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in the following sentence. 'There was an increes in numbers.'
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6 Questions
Q1.
What are compound words?
words that sound the same but are spelt differently
the beat in words that contain vowel sounds
something added to the beginning of a word
Q2.
Select the compound words.
ice cream
unwise
water
Q3.
Match the pairs of words that could be joined together to create compound words.
stairs
side
keeper
fish
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the missing compound word to complete the following sentence. 'They looked at the __________ in the hive.'
honey comb
honeycom
honycombe
Q5.
Correct the spelling of the compound word in bold in the following sentence. 'My glasses are sumwear over there.'
Q6.
Tick the sentences where the words in bold are spelt correctly.
There wasn't enuogh cake for everybody.
Their new puppy was very norty.
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