What are compound words?

Joining two or more small words togther to make a new larger one is how compound words are made.

Three types of compound word

When compound words have spaces between them they are called open compound nouns: child care, work day, and time saver.

When compound words are joined with no space they are called closed compound words: skateboard, football and airport.

When compound words are joined by a hyphen they are called hyphenated compound words. well-respected (adjective), son-in-law (noun), and life-size (adjective).

Sometimes the same two words can be used to make different compounds:

Clean and up:
Noun: The oil spill cleanup was expensive.
Phrasal verb: We should clean up our room.

Full and time:
Noun: She worked the full time permitted.
Adjective: They all worked full-time.

Choose the correct compound word in the following sentences:

• 1) ___ with syrup are popular in Canada.
  
  Pan-cakes
  Pan cakes
  Pancakes
  
  
• 2) I need to get a ___.
  
  hair cut
  haircut
  hair-cut
  
  
• 3) ___ of the children are French.
  
  One third
  Onethird
  One-third
  
  
• 4) The paintings are ___ somewhere in Asia.
  
  massproduced
  mass-produced
  mass produced
  
  
• 5) There's a ___ bed in every room.
  
  king size
  kingsize
  king-size
  
  
• 6) Which ___ do you go to?
  
  highschool
  high school
  high-school
  
  
• 7) Your ___ is still in the tent.
  
  sleeping bag
  sleeping-bag
  sleepingbag