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WordsAreCATegorical

Thumbtacks,

Earwax,

Lipstick,

Dipstick

What Is a Compound Word?

by Brian P. Cleary

illustrated by Brian Gable

To my mom , who taught
elementary school
before she had kids

B .P .C.

Compound Word:
A word made up
of two or more
shorter words

Thumbtacks,

Earwax,

Lipstick,

Dipstick

What Is a Compound Word?

by Brian P. Cleary
illustrations by Brian Gable

J MILLBROOK PRESS / MINNEAPOLIS

Compound words
are single words
with other words inside,

likesweatpants,cowboy,horsemanship,

up stairs ,

orworldwide.

Sometimeswhenwerereading,wemightseeabig,longword,

thenfinditsmadeofsmalleronesasinthisone:bluebird.

Itspartlyblueandpartlybird,twoshorterwordsyouknow.

Samewitharmpit,undershirt,

out run , and over grow .

Youll cut those big words
down to size

whenyouseewhattheyremadeof:

wordsyoucanpronounceandspellandarentabitafraidof!

Words like hair cut ,

dragon fly ,

cup cake ,

ear ring ,

free way ,

drum stick , lip stick ,
chop stick , dip stick ,

seasick,seafood,seaway.

Allofthesearecompoundwords,justlikefourteenandforemen,

earwax,thumbtacks,grandmother,

both long time

and long shore men .

Compound words

are mostly nouns

thats people, things, and places

like sun shine ,

ball park ,

bull dogs ,

third base man , and shoe laces .

Airport,airplane,Theyrealsocompoundnouns,runway?

along with
cross walk ,

sidewalk,backyard,earthquake,andtouchdowns.

Othertimesacompoundwordwilltellaboutanoun,likeoverworkedorhandwritten,

uphillorunderground.

These compound words

are adjectives,

and here are more for you:

thedowntownmall,

thenoondaysun,abookthatsoverdue.

Stillothercompoundwordscanhelp

expresssomeformofaction,likeConnorlikedtodaydreamwhentheclassworkedonsubtraction.

OrMollyusedtojaywalk,butnowsheunderstands.

AndBrendanoutplayedeveryoneinboththemarchingbands.

When first you see these

compound words,

they may seem quite demanding.

Butbreakthemintosmallerones,andthenyoullbeoutstanding!

Sowhatisacompoundword?Doyouknow?

A BOUT THE A UTHOR & I LLUSTRATOR

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