3 FORMS:

Closed form:

firefly, softball, redhead, keyboard, makeup, notebook

Open form:

post office, real estate, full moon

(They can exist as adjectives, too) a full moon night, post office protocol, real estate opportunity)

Hyphenated form:

daughter-in-law, over-the-counter, six-year-old

ACTIVITY:

THINK OF COMPOUND WORDS (AND COMPOUND TERMS) THAT ARE PARTIALLY COMPOSED OF THESE WORDS, AND DISCUSS THE USE OF THE WORD IN THE COMPOUND WORD (for example, why do we say handgun more than pistol? because we are distinguishing from guns that require two hands, like rifiles and machine guns)

CHILD

PLATE

POSTER

BEAT

BAD

HAND

WORK

TIME

DEAD

BOX

KEY

ACTIVITY suggested answers:

HAND -

FOREHAND, BACKHAND, FIRSTHAND, SECONDHAND, OFFHAND, HANDWRITING, OVERHAND, UNDERHAND, HANDYMAN, PANDHANDLER, HANDCUFF, HANDMAID, HANDMADE, HANDCRAFTED, REDHANDED, COWHAND, FARMHAND, STAGEHAND, DECKHAND, SHORTHAND, HANDSTAND, HANDSHAKE, HANDPICKED, HANDRAIL, HAND-ME-DOWN, BEFOREHAND, HANDBALL, HANDGUN, HANDFUL, HANDBAG, HANDSAW

WORK -

CLOCKWORK, HOMEWORK, HOUSEWORK, SCHOOLWORK, WORKBENCH, YARD WORK, WORK FLOW, WORKLOAD, WORK-A-DAY, LEGWORK, METAL WORK, WOOD WORK, WORKSTATION, NEEDLEWORK, PATCHWORK, STEELWORKER, WORKSPACE, WORKSHEET, GUESSWORK, FRAMEWORK, HANDIWORK, TEAMWORK, FIREWORKS, NETWORK, WORKDAY, WORKWEEK,

TIME -

PASTTIME, TIME MACHINE, TIMECLOCK, FULL TIME, PART TIME, TIMELESS, SUMMERTIME, WINTERTIME, DINNERTIME, BEDTIME, LUNCHTIME, TIMETABLE, TIMESCALE, PEACETIME, NIGHTTIME, MORNINGTIME, PLAYTIME, SHOWTIME, TIMECARD, LIFETIME, MEANTIME, HALFTIME, NOONTIME, TIMEOUT, RAGTIME, DAYTIME, NIGHTTIME

DEAD -

DEADHEAD, DEADBOLT, DEAD WEIGHT, DEADLINE, DEADLIFT, DEADBEAT, DEADPAN, DEAD END, DEAD BATTERY, DEAD PARTY, DEAD LANGUAGE

BOX -

LETTER BOX, SHADOWBOX, KICKBOX, LUNCH BOX, SOAP BOX, MATCH BOX, BREAD BOX, ICE BOX, MAILBOX, TOOLBOX, SHOEBOX, HOTBOX, BOXCAR, INBOX/OUTBOX

KEY -

LATCH KEY, KEY STROKE, SKELETON KEY, KEY NOTE, KEYBOARD, KEYCARD, KEYWORD