Understanding Compound Words
A Grade 4 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and understanding the meaning of compound words through various question types.
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Understanding Compound Words
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to show your understanding of compound words.
1. What is a compound word?
A word with many syllables
Two words joined together to make a new word with a new meaning
A word that describes an action
A word that is very long
2. Which of these is a compound word?
Running
Playground
Quickly
Beautiful
Write the two smaller words that make up each compound word.
3. Sunflower: +
4. Toothbrush: +
5. Raincoat: +
Match each compound word with its correct meaning.
6. Butterfly
a. A small house for a bird
7. Birdhouse
b. A flying insect with colorful wings
8. Homework
c. Work that a student does at home
9. Read the sentence: 'My alarm clock woke me up early this morning.'
What does the compound word 'alarm clock' mean?
10. Create a new compound word by combining 'sun' and 'light'. What does your new word mean?
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