Compound Words

Which of the following is a closed compound word?

• Ice cream

• Toothbrush

• Mother-in-law

• Coffee table

Which type of compound word has a space between the two words?

• Closed compound

• Open compound

• Hyphenated compound

• Joined compound

What compound word can be formed by combining "moon" and "light"?

• Moonlight

• Moon-light

• Moon Light

• Moonlighting

Which of these is a hyphenated compound word?

• Firefighter

• Playground

• Sister-in-law

• Basketball

In the sentence, "We watched the sunset over the beach," which word is the compound word?

• Watched

• Sunset

• Beach

• Over

Which compound word correctly describes a ball made of snow?

• Snowball

• Snow-ball

• Snow ball

• Snowy-ball

Why are compound words useful?

• They help us combine different ideas into a single word.

• They are always written with a hyphen.

• They are only used in scientific language.

• They are always open compounds.