1. Compound Words Created by Karen Bazan
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Compound Words
Created by
Karen Bazan

2. What are compound words?
Compound words are two words that are put together to make one word.
For example, look at this word.
basketball
basket
is one word
and
ball
is another word

3. What are the two words that make up this next compound word?
someone
some
one

4. Try this one.
weekend
week
end

5. Here’s another one to try.
something
some
thing

6. Okay, see if you know this one.
birthday
day
birth

7. Let’s see if you can guess the rest of the words.
riverbank
bank
river

8. bathtub
bath
tub

9. backyard
back
yard

10. driveway
drive
way

11. bedtime
bed
time

12. raindrop
rain
drop

13. mailbox
mail
box

14. grandparent
grand
parent

15. rattlesnake
rattle
snake

16. earthquake
earth
quake