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Investigating compound words

I can spell compound words.

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Year 4

Investigating compound words

I can spell compound words.

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Key learning points

  1. Compound words are two or three existing words that join together to make one word.
  2. Compound words are most often nouns.
  3. Compound words have a new meaning, which is often linked to the meaning of the root word.
  4. How to spell the curriculum words: enough, naughty and forwards.

Keywords

  • Noun - a naming word for people, places or things

  • Compound word - two or more words joined together

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.

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
Correct answer: suffix
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
Correct answer: the start
Q3.
Match the words with the number of syllables they contain.
Correct Answer:flap,1

1

Correct Answer:jumper,2

2

Correct Answer:greenery,3

3

Q4.
Match the word pairs.
Correct Answer:welly,boots

boots

Correct Answer:play,time

time

Correct Answer:fish,tank

tank

Correct Answer:living,room

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
Correct answer: park
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in the following sentence. 'There was an increes in numbers.'
Correct Answer: increase

6 Questions

Q1.
What are compound words?
words that sound the same but are spelt differently
Correct answer: two words combined to form a new word
the beat in words that contain vowel sounds
something added to the beginning of a word
Q2.
Select the compound words.
ice cream
Correct answer: eyeball
unwise
Correct answer: waterfall
water
Q3.
Match the pairs of words that could be joined together to create compound words.
Correct Answer:down,stairs

stairs

Correct Answer:sea,side

side

Correct Answer:bee,keeper

keeper

Correct Answer:star,fish

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
Correct answer: honeycomb
honycombe
Q5.
Correct the spelling of the compound word in bold in the following sentence. 'My glasses are sumwear over there.'
Correct Answer: somewhere
Q6.
Tick the sentences where the words in bold are spelt correctly.
There wasn't enuogh cake for everybody.
Correct answer: There wasn't enough cake for everybody.
Their new puppy was very norty.
Correct answer: Their new puppy was very naughty.

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