Question

compound words
a compound word combines two shorter words into one longer word with a single meaning. the combined words can be closed or hyphenated.
examples: basketball (closed compound)
vice - president (hyphenated compound)
look for compound words in the story and underline them. write the correct compound word on the line next to each definition below.

1. __________________ part of a door
2. __________________ all around
3. __________________ saved for another meal
4. __________________ without anything
5. __________________ small, decorative objects
6. __________________ your parents grandmother
7. __________________ not indoors
8. __________________ on certain occasions
9. __________________ an age
10. __________________ a yearly health exam

to and too
the homophones to and too are pronounced the same, but they have different spellings, different uses, and different meanings.
use the correct homophone to complete each sentence below.

1. ali likes ______ read mystery books.
2. eating ______ much candy might give you a stomachache.

Explanation:

1. "door - knob" is a common compound word for part of a door.
2. "everywhere" can be thought of as a compound - like word meaning all around.
3. "leftover" is a compound word for food saved for another meal.
4. "empty - handed" or simply "nothing" related compounds, but "empty" can be seen as a word formed from "em" and "pty" in a sense, and "nothing" is a compound of "no" and "thing", here we use "nothing".
5. "knick - knack" is a compound word for small, decorative objects.
6. "great - grandmother" is the compound word for your parent's grandmother.
7. "outdoor" is a compound word for not indoors.
8. "sometimes" is a compound word for on certain occasions.
9. "teenage" is a compound word for an age.
10. "check - up" can be part of "yearly check - up" which is a compound for a yearly health exam.

For the homophones:

1. "to" is used in the infinitive form "to read".
2. "too" is used to mean an excessive amount in "too much".

Answer:

1. doorknob
2. everywhere
3. leftover
4. nothing
5. knick - knack
6. great - grandmother
7. outdoor
8. sometimes
9. teenage
10. check - up
11. to
12. too