Active discussions

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Primary education

Join our Primary Education forum to discuss starting school and helping your child get the most out of it.

Original poster

What is a compound word please?

7 replies

jimblejambles · 17/05/2011 20:35

ds is in y2 and part of his homework is to find compound words. I can't for the life of me understand his explanation. I don't really want to ask his teacher as she had to explain his homework to me last week.
Thinking I should maybe go back to school

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
UrsulaBuffay · 17/05/2011 20:37

Words made up of 2 or more other words.
EG:
News paper
Paper clip

sarahfreck · 17/05/2011 20:38

a word made up of 2 other words
dustbin
scarecrow
saucepan
bedroom
snowball
gingerbread
football
bookend
etc etc

lovecheese · 17/05/2011 20:41

Two separate, independant words that join together make a new word, as the previous posters have listed.

meditrina · 17/05/2011 20:42

Most of them can be split into two (freestanding) words as above, but occasionally you find one where one element exists only as a bound part of that compound word - like the "cran" part of "cranberry". But I don't think that level of detail will be expected in KS1!

Original poster
jimblejambles · 17/05/2011 20:47

Thank you. I can check his list now and his explanation almost makes sensed now lol

OP posts:
shanjika · 29/09/2013 21:51

compound words for Works, monger, clad, ware.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page