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Open, Closed and Hyphenated Compound Words
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What are Compound Words?
It’s best to define compound words with an example:
Grand + Mother
On their own, both these words have separate meanings. But when you put these two words together, it creates an entirely different word and meaning.
Grandmother
For compound words, when you put two different words together, it forms another word and meaning. There are different types of compound words. For example, compound words can have hyphens, spaces, or no spaces at all between the two words.
Types of Compound Words
Over time, English has morphed itself. As a result, people have created new types of compound words. In turn, this language gets passed along and circulated to what it is today.
In terms of compound words, they’ve transformed into various types. For example, compound words can have hyphens, spaces, or no spaces at all between the two words. There are 3 types of compound words:
- Hyphenated Compound Words
- Closed Compound Words
- Open Compound Words
Below, we have added lists of examples for all the types of compound words.
Hyphenated Compound Words Examples
Hyphenated compound words place a hyphen between the two words. For example, “well-being” is a hyphenated compound word because it connects two words together with a hyphen.
HYPHENATED COMPOUND WORDS
- High-speed
- Empty-handed
- Mass-production
- High-tech
- Deep-fried
- Left-handed
- In-depth
- Full-length
- Part-time
- Time-saving
- North-east
- Sun-dried
- Long-haired
Closed Compound Words Examples
Closed compound words don’t have any spaces between the two combined words. For example, “playground” is a closed compound word because it doesn’t have a space between it.
CLOSED COMPOUND WORDS
- Playground
- Footprint
- Fishbowl
- Grasshopper
- Bookmark
- Keyhole
- Bowtie
- Popcorn
- Basketball
- Horseshoe
- Keyboard
- Notepad
- Skateboard
Open Compound Words Examples
Open compound words put two words together to create a meaningful weird but use a space to separate them. For instance, high school is an open compound word.
OPEN COMPOUND WORDS
- High school
- Living room
- Roller coaster
- Peanut butter
- First aid
- Web page
- Hot dog
- Voice mail
- Table cloth
- Fire drill
- Ice cream
What’s Next?
What do Superman, Robocop, and Catwoman all have in common?
They’re superheroes! Yes. But they’re also all compound words too. Actually, there are compound words everywhere.
And they’re tons of fun to teach with our free compound words worksheets.
What are some of your favorite compound words?
And if you want to teach compound words, check out our free compound words worksheets that you can use in your classroom today.
Examples of Compound Words by Type
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Compound words are an easy way to add interest to your writing. By combining two ideas in one word, you can quickly provide all the information needed. These examples of compounds will show you how it's done.
What Are Compound Words?
A compound word is formed when two words are combined to make a new word. It is one of the ways in which the English language is flexible and always changing, as compound words allow people to create new words as the need arises.
For example, you might use “in” and “side” to create the compound word “inside”.
We should play inside today.
The words “carry” and “over” can make the compound word “carry over”.
We can carry over that surplus into the next sprint.
As you can see, compound words can come in different varieties. Explore examples of each.
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Examples of Compound Words
When it comes to compound words, there are three different types that are important: closed-form, open-form, and hyphenated. Dive into how each type of compound word is different.
Closed-Form Compound Word Examples
Closed compound words are formed when two fully independent, unique words are combined to create a new word. For example, you would combine “grand” and “mother” to create the closed-form word “grandmother”. In a sentence, this would look like, “My grandmother is coming over.” These are the most common types of compound words.
For example:
- bullfrog
- snowball
- mailbox
- grandmother
- railroad
- sometimes
- inside
- upstream
- basketball
- anybody
- outside
- cannot
- skateboard
- everything
- schoolhouse
- grasshopper
- sunflower
- moonlight
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Open Compound Word Examples
Open compound words are formed when two words remain separate on the page but are used together to create a new idea with a specific meaning.
For example, “attorney” and “general” are used to form the open compound word “attorney general”. You could see this in the sentence, “The attorney general holds the power in legal matters.” Other examples of open compounds include:
- peanut butter
- Boy Scouts
- no one
- ice cream
- real estate
- high school
- living room
- sweet tooth
- hot dog
- grand jury
- post office
- full moon
- half sister
- cave in
Hyphenated Compound Word Examples
Hyphenated compound words are formed when two separate words are joined together by a hyphen. Examples of hyphenated compound words include:
- two-fold
- check-in
- merry-go-round
- father-in-law
- seventy-two
- long-term
- up-to-date
- mother-in-law
- one-half
- over-the-counter
Note that hyphenated compound words are most commonly used when the words being joined together are combined to form an adjective before a noun.
For example:
- forty-acre farm
- full-time worker
- on-campus housing
- state-of-the-art features
- family-run busines
However, these hyphenated compound words become open compounds when they are placed after the word they describe. For example:
- The farm has forty acres.
- The worker is full time.
- The housing is all on campus for freshman
- Its features are truly state of the art.
- The business is still family run.
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Compound Words in Sentences
Now that you learned about the different types of compound words, see if you can find the compound words in the sentences below.
- My grandfather is coming home for the holidays.
- I really want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
- The real estate agent had to take a test to get her license.
- She is a part-time teacher.
- That is our full-time worker.
- I’m so tired of looking for on-campus housing.
- He was seventy-two years old.
- Let’s go play some basketball
- Has anybody seen my binder?
If you have those down, try creating a few sentences using compound words that you create!
Compound the Reader's Interest
By adding compound words to your writing, you can make your ideas more interesting and descriptive for the reader. The addition of too many compounds can be messy, especially hyphenated compound words; so, be sure to use compound words wisely. Like any seasoning, they are best sprinkled throughout your writing instead of used in every line.
Now, that you have a grasp of compound words, you might want to dive into some compound sentence examples.
Two-syllable words are... Syllable division (examples)
Two-syllable words are words in which two vowels form two syllables
The number of phonetic syllables in a word depends on how many vowels it contains. The vowel sound is syllabic.
It can form an independent syllable or one or more consonants are grouped around it and form a syllable.
Ex.0012
The above words contain two vowels, respectively, they form two phonetic syllables. We call such words two-syllable words.
Two-syllable words contain two vowels that form the same number of phonetic syllables in them.
Examples of disyllabic words
Valve, heart, rag, roof, bank, kidney, pocket, door, lock, sun, sky, arm, leg, question.
Learn to divide two-syllable words into syllables
To divide a word into phonetic syllables, you need to take into account that syllables are different in their sound composition.
It can have both open and closed syllables.
Open syllable
Open syllable constitutes a consonant with a vowel or only a vowel. Most syllables in Russian are open.
Examples
ko-ra, du-ma, bu-rya, merge-va, kro-na, quarrel-ra, ki-no, re-ka
Two-syllable words "ba-nan", "ve-ter", "glo-bus" consist of the first open syllable and the second closed one.
Closed syllable
Closed syllables form all consonants at the end of words, as well as voiced unpaired consonants [d'], [l], [m], [n], [r] and their soft pairs [l'] , [m '], [n '], [p'], located both in the middle and at the end of the word.
A sonorant consonant in the middle of a word goes to the first syllable. With this in mind, we divide two-syllable words into phonetic syllables:
| ka; | ; |
| to l to - to l -to; | per l ka - per l ka; |
| ba m beech - ba m - beech; | ca m bo - ca m -bo; |
| ka n va - ka n -va; | sa n ki - sa n -ki; |
| a r buz - a r - buz; | kva r tal - kva r - tal. |
It is more difficult to syllable two-syllable words in which several consonants occur in the middle. If the initial syllable of a two-syllable word is a vowel or consonant with a vowel, two consonants with a vowel, then they form the first open syllable. It is followed by cluster deaf consonants or a combination of deaf and voiced , two voiced consonants, except for sonorants. They form the second syllable, for example:
| board - do- sk a; | bl sn a - ble - sn a; |
| ko st yor - ko- st yor; | ma sk a - ma- sk a; |
| cre st ik - cre- st ik; | May Thu a - May Thu a; |
| to Thu a - Thu a; | other wb a - friend wb a. |
How to transpose disyllabic words?
Two-syllable words with open syllables and closed syllables that form unpaired voiced consonants are hyphenated according to phonetic syllable division.
Examples
ru-ka, face, ko-ra, pear-sha, li-ra, eyes-za, rei-ka, mai-ka, man-ka, lar-chik, balcon
We will take into account the fact that some two-syllable words with a cluster of consonants in the middle can be transferred both along the phonetic syllable division and by breaking up this combination of consonants, for example:
- d
- heart - heart, heart;
- violin - violin, violin.
Additional material
Learn more about the rules of spelling hyphenation.
Some two-syllable words begin with syllable-forming vowels.
Examples
a-rest, a-nons, o-tek, o-zone, o-beef, u-part, u-dav, i-rice, i-va, i-dol
These words we write entirely on the line, since one letter cannot be torn off from the word.
Formation of the syllabic structure of the word. Blog Logo-Expert
In speech therapy practice, various exercises are used to develop the syllabic structure, so for example, we will give one for each of the above types.
Exercise "Find out who it is?" (two-syllable words from open syllables)
The teacher lays out five plot pictures in front of the child, pronouncing the sentences to them:
“Mom is bathing Zhenya”.
"Dad is playing with his son."
“Aunt is going to the country”.
"There is a snowman in the yard."
"The nanny walks with the child."
Then the child should answer the questions:
Teacher:
Child:
"Who is bathing Zhenya?" Mom
“Who is playing with the son?” Papa
"Who is standing in the yard?" Baba
“Who went to the dacha?” Aunt
“Who walks with children?” Nanny
Exercise "What word did you get?" (three-syllable words from open syllables)
The speech therapist throws the ball to the child, pronouncing the beginning or end of the word.
The child returns the ball by starting or ending this word. Then he must name it in full.
Examples (beginning of the word):
Brows (yes)
Personal (yes)
(yes)
Examples (end of the word):
NAVA - DIVAV
Bina - cabin 9000,0002 Uta - cabin
Exercise "Say the word" (monosyllabic words from a closed syllable)
The teacher pronounces the beginning of the word, the child must complete its letters M, and then name the word in full.
Teacher: Child:
Gam
to the house
DSM
TO
Exercise “Nazi Lazaso” (two -syllable words with a closed syllable)
The teacher throws the ball, calls the subject. The child returns the ball and names this item affectionately.
IR:
Cat - cat
Zero - zero
Year - year
OK:
Ice - ice
Lump - lump
Smoke - smoke
YOK:
Stump - stump
Horse - horse
Day - day
Exercise "The end of the word is behind you" (two-syllable words with a confluence of consonants in the middle of the word) pronounces the first syllable.
The child must return the ball and say the second syllable, and then the whole word. KA: VA:
Cad - tub - pumpkin
Guy - nut - letter
Ut - duck AIVA
BUT:
Pain - it hurts
DAVV - for a long time
Pent - spot
Exercise “Answer questions” (two -complicated words from closed syllables)
Pictures are laid out in front of the child, clarifying while the names of the objects that are drawn on them. The speech therapist says: "I will ask questions, and you answer them."
With the ending OY:
“What do they eat with?” - spoon, fork.
"They sweep the yard with what?" - broom.
What are they sewing with?” - a needle.
With the ending OM:
“The wound is bandaged with what?” - with a bandage.
"Bread is spread with what?" - oil.
Exercise “Name the babies” (three-syllable words with a closed syllable)
Pictures depicting baby animals are laid out in front of the child.
Then, showing the image of an adult animal, the beginning of the sentence is pronounced. The child must complete the sentence with a word that fits the meaning, and also select the appropriate picture.
Examples:
A goose has a gosling
A hedgehog has a cub
A cow has a calf
Exercise “What word did you get? (three-syllable words with a confluence of consonants in the middle of the word)
The child throws the ball to the teacher and calls the syllable. The teacher, returning the ball, finishes the word. The task of the child is to say the word in full.
PO - Walker (gait)
PO - Vidlo (jam)
PO - Chinka (repair)
Exercise "Tell me a word" (three-syllable words with a confluence of consonants and a closed syllable)
The child is offered to guess a riddle in which the riddle rhymes with some word from the riddle.
“He is kinder to everyone in the world,
He heals sick animals.
He is famous, famous
This is a doctor….
. (Aibolit)”
Exercise “Words with a dot” (three-syllable words with two consonant clusters)
The teacher throws the ball to the child, pronounces the beginning of the word. The child returns the ball and finishes the word (the end is “dot”).
Examples:
Braid - bone
Gorse - handful
Kitty - tassel
Kof - blouse
Exercise "Add the first sound" (monosyllabic words with a confluence of consonants at the beginning or end of the word)
The child calls the first ball to the teacher sound. The speech therapist returns the ball and pronounces the end of the word. The child must name the whole word.
Child: Teacher: Child:
K Glue
Kvass
LOP BLOP
Exercise “Add the SLOG KA” (two -syllable words with two coincidences of consonants)
Speech therapist throws the ball to the child and pronounces the beginning of the word. The child returns the ball and ends the word with the syllable KA, then naming the whole word.
Bird - ka - bird
Club - ka - club
Circle - ka - mug
Troy - ka - troika
Exercise "What word did you get?" (three-syllable words with consonants at the beginning and middle of the word)
The child throws the ball to the speech therapist and pronounces the first syllable. The speech therapist returns the ball and say the end of the word. The task of the child is to say the whole word.
Child: Speech therapist: Child:
During the measurement, fitting
Ches hairstyle
Slout clothespin
Exercise “Add a syllable” (four-syllable words from open syllables)
The speech therapist throws the ball to the child and pronounces the beginning of the word. The child returns the ball and ends it with the given syllable. Then he must say the whole word.
on:
web - on - web
KURYACH - on - Kuryatin
beef - on - beef
Shche:
Tulle - Schelle
Teach - Shchel - School
monsters - Schelt.
