Compound Words Quiz

What are the three types of compound words?

• closed, open, hyphenated

• prefixes, suffixes, infixes

• nouns, verbs, adjectives

• synonyms, antonyms, homonyms

How are open compound words formed?

• By combining two or more words with hyphens.

• By combining two or more words with spaces.

• By combining two or more words without hyphens or spaces.

• By combining two or more words with commas.

How are closed compound words formed?

• By separating two or more words with spaces.

• By combining two or more words with hyphens.

• By combining two or more words with spaces and hyphens.

• By combining two or more words without spaces or hyphens.

Give an example of a compound word.

• yesterday

• machine

• television

• sunflower

What is the process of identifying compound words called?

• word synthesis

• word identification

• word analysis

• compounding

True or False: 'Basketball' is an example of a closed compound word.

• True

• Compound

• Open

• False

True or False: 'Ice cream' is an example of an open compound word.

• False

• Open compound words don't exist

• Ice cream is a closed compound word

• True

True or False: 'Sunflower' is an example of a compound word.

• False

• Maybe

• Not sure

• True

True or False: 'Butterfly' is an example of a closed compound word.

• False

• Compound

• True

• Open

True or False: 'Firefighter' is an example of an open compound word.