Compound Words

Compound words are made when two words are joined to form a new word. It is important that the two words make sense on their own and that the new word makes sense as well. The two words must also be complete, for example, ‘ginormous’ is a combination of two words (gigantic and enormous) and is actually not a real word.

Examples of compound words and how they are
formed: hand + bag = handbag lady + bird = ladybird

Many of the compound words are also connectives:
how + ever = however be + cause = because never + the + less = nevertheless (three words)

1. airport
2. ballroom
3. baseball
4. cupcake
5. doorway
6. eardrum
7. evergreen
8. farmyard
9. fireman
10. goldfish
11. background
12. butterfly
13. chairman
14. breakfast
15. corkscrew

16. dishwasher
17. downstairs
18.elsewhere
19. fisherman
20. footbridge
21. brotherhood
22. championship
23. earthquake
24. flashlight
25. drawbridge
26. forefather
27. fingerprint
28. globetrotter
29. doughnut
30. copywriter