Compound words

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( lady play jelly ) ( way pack ground )

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The answer is A. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. play + ground makes playground, a real word. None of the other pairings does: playpack and playway, for example, are not words. So the answer is play + ground. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second, saying them aloud.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( cross ear bath ) ( ring brush line )

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The answer is B. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. ear + ring makes earring, a real word. None of the other pairings does: earline and earbrush, for example, are not words. So the answer is ear + ring. The word from the first group always comes first, so do not swap them round.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( tree butter any ) ( fly ship comb )

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The answer is B. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. butter + fly makes butterfly, a real word. None of the other pairings does: buttership and buttercomb, for example, are not words. So the answer is butter + fly. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second, saying them aloud.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( lady note tooth ) ( brush quake brow )

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The answer is B. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. tooth + brush makes toothbrush, a real word. None of the other pairings does: toothbrow and toothquake, for example, are not words. So the answer is tooth + brush. If two seem possible, write them down and check the spelling of each.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( hand man cow ) ( bag washer get )

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The answer is E. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. hand + bag makes handbag, a real word. None of the other pairings does: handget and handwasher, for example, are not words. So the answer is hand + bag. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second, saying them aloud.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( cross hand snow ) ( shake came mark )

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The answer is A. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. hand + shake makes handshake, a real word. None of the other pairings does: handmark and handcame, for example, are not words. So the answer is hand + shake. Some real words hide a smaller word that is not a clue, like the 'car' in carpet. Do not rule a word out because it does not seem to fit the meaning.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( grass suit class ) ( apple room stool )

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The answer is D. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. class + room makes classroom, a real word. None of the other pairings does: classstool and classapple, for example, are not words. So the answer is class + room. Some real words hide a smaller word that is not a clue, like the 'car' in carpet. Do not rule a word out because it does not seem to fit the meaning.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( bat motor man ) ( yard on bag )

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The answer is E. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. bat + on makes baton, a real word. None of the other pairings does: batbag and batyard, for example, are not words. So the answer is bat + on. The word from the first group always comes first, so do not swap them round.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( car tar pan ) ( ground cake bird )

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The answer is E. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. pan + cake makes pancake, a real word. None of the other pairings does: panground and panbird, for example, are not words. So the answer is pan + cake. Some real words hide a smaller word that is not a clue, like the 'car' in carpet. Do not rule a word out because it does not seem to fit the meaning.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( paint door honey ) ( brush sand time )

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The answer is B. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. paint + brush makes paintbrush, a real word. None of the other pairings does: painttime and paintsand, for example, are not words. So the answer is paint + brush. If two seem possible, write them down and check the spelling of each.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( with water flower ) ( bell pot quake )

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The answer is A. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. flower + pot makes flowerpot, a real word. None of the other pairings does: flowerbell and flowerquake, for example, are not words. So the answer is flower + pot. Some real words hide a smaller word that is not a clue, like the 'car' in carpet. Do not rule a word out because it does not seem to fit the meaning.

Choose one word from each group to make one new word. The word from the first group comes first. ( sun rail play ) ( flower stairs robe )

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The answer is B. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second. sun + flower makes sunflower, a real word. None of the other pairings does: sunrobe and sunstairs, for example, are not words. So the answer is sun + flower. Try each word in the first group with each word in the second, saying them aloud.

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