Name Compound Words Defining Compound Words
Compound words are formed by joining two smaller words together. The meaning of the compound word is then a mixture of the meanings of the two smaller words. Break down each compound word below into two smaller words. Then fill out the meanings of all three words, using the chart below. 1. birthday Word #1: Word #2: 2. suntan Word #1: Word #2: 3. footprint Word #1: Word #2: CCSS.L.2.4.D |© www.EnglishWorksheetsLand.com Name Compound Words 4. goldfish Word #1: Word #2: 5. mailbox Word #1: Word #2: 6. sunshine Word #1: Word #2: 7. barnyard Word #1: Word #2: CCSS.L.2.4.D |© www.EnglishWorksheetsLand.com ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Compound Word birthday suntan footprint goldfish mailbox sunshine barnyard Word #1 birth sun foot gold mail sun barn Meaning of Word #1 Meaning of Compound Word being born the particular period of the past on which one was born the star around which the dark color skin turns when the earth orbits in the sun the part of your body an impression left while that you walk on walking a bright, shiny a gold creature that lives in yellowish color water letters and packages a container for letters and packages the star around which brightness from the sun the earth orbits a building for keeping an enclosed piece of land for animals keeping animals Word #2 day tan print fish box shine yard Meaning of Word #2 a particular period of the past a dark color an impression a creature that lives in water a container brightness an enclosed piece of land CCSS.L.2.4.D |© www.EnglishWorksheetsLand.com