At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:

• Identify compound words;

• successfully combine different words to form a compound word;

• give their own examples of compound words.

The learners are able to:

• Identify compound words;

• successfully combine different words to form a compound word;

• give their own examples of compound words.

Compound words are when two or more words combine to form a new single word or a phrase that acts like a single word. 

There are three different types of compound words in grammar: 

• Open compound words with spaces between the words (ice cream),

• Closed compound words with no spaces (firefighter), 

• Hyphenated compound words (up-to-date). 

Examples:

Close compound words

air + port = airport baby + sit  =  babysit

back + pack = backpack back + ground = background

break + fast = breakfast bath + room = bathroom

basket + ball = basketball black + berry = blackberry

Open compound words

living + room = living room sleeping + bag = sleeping bag

roller + coaster = roller coaster report + card = report card

post + office = post office peanut + butter = peanut butter