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Adapted by Marcia Timmel From Vocabulary Through Morphemes by Susan Ebbers and A1 Word Roots by Cherie Blanchard
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Compound words are words that combine more than one word, such as fireplace and heartbeat. Compounds may contain suffixes and prefixes. Some compounds contain Latin or Greek roots: manuscript, genuflect, astronaut,, and biosphere. The English language has countless compounds.
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In many compounds, the last word - the endword - indicates the category and basic meaning. Thus, a birdhouse names a kind of house (a noun). The first word of the compound modifies the endword, telling more about it. A birdhouse is a house for a bird.
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1. A doghouse is a _______________ 2. A housedog is a _______________ 3. A goldfish is a _________________ 4. A fishpond is a kind of _________ house for dogs dog who lives in a house fish that is gold pond with fish
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CLOSED COMPOUNDS: In closed compound words, the two words are put together without a space or punctuation. For example, sandbox, shoebox, mailbox, breadbox are all part of the category box. The first word tells more about the box (it modifies box): A sandbox is a box filled with sand, but even if the sandbox is empty we still call it a sandbox.
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HYPHENATED COMPOUNDS: In hyphenated compound words, the two words are put together with a hyphen. Noise-free, red-headed and self- destructive are examples of this type of compound word.
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Open Compounds: In open compounds the words go together even though they are not joined. Examples are swimming pool, polar bear, and swing set.
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Figurative Compounds: Some compounds do not say exactly what they mean. A merry-go-round is not a type of round, a pickpocket is not a type of pocket, a dumbbell is not a type of bell. With figurative compounds we must look outside the word to the context clues to understand meaning.
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