What is a compound word?

cupcake           playground               lightbulb

Look at the words above. Can you guess what they all have in common?

Yes, the three words above can all be separated into two words.

Let’s look at the first word cupcake.

The word cupcake separated becomes cup and cake.

Let’s look at the second word playground.

The word playground separated becomes play and ground.

Let’s look at the third word lightbulb.

The word separated becomes light and bulb.

These three words above are called compound words.

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A Compound word is when two words are combined to form a new word or phrase.