1. Compound
Words

2. A dog
What is on the picture?

3. A house
What is on the picture?

4. If we combine the words DOG and
HOUSE, what do we have?
A doghouse
What is a dog house?
A house for dogs

5. Doghouse is an example of
Compound Word
Compound words are
words made of two
smaller words.

6. Knowing the words
that comprises a
compound words
helps us to
determine the
meaning of a
compound word.

7. example
+ =
blue bird bluebird
A bluebird is a bird with blue
feathers

8. However, there are
some compound
words that we
cannot derive its
meaning from the
words the two words
that comprise it.

9. butter + fly =butterfly
But it does not mean that a
butterfly is a butter that
flies

10. hot + dog = hotdog
But it does not mean that
hotdog is a dog which is hot

11. Lady+bug = ladybug
But it does not mean that
all ladybugs are female

12. Closed compound nouns
football
flowerpot

13. There are also
different kinds
of compound
words

14. Open compound nouns
electric fan
ice cream

15. Hyphenated compound nouns
Editor-in-chief
Officer-in-charge

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REYNALDO, Alma V
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