Compound Words
If you put two or more words together to make a new one, it is a compound word. For example: 'lighthouse' (light + house); 'mother-in-law' (mother + in + law) and 'post office' (post + office). The last word is an example of the so-called open form compound word: the two words are written separately to form a new word.
If you are unsure about whether a word should be one word, two separate words or hyphenated, the best thing you can do is look in a good dictionary, such as the Oxford English Dictionary or Collins. It's better than searching online as these dictionaries are authoritative and are very unlikely to make mistakes. It's also a handy thing to have in your collection of non-fiction books!
This topic is actually quite complicated; however, we'll stick to the common compound words in this 11-plus quiz.
bathrobe, bathtub, bathsoap, bathmat
high school, secondary school, little school, primary school
bookshelf, bookworm, book club, book reader
daydream, day centre, day time, daylight
fish hook, fish farm, fish cake, fish finger
grand-uncle, grand-aunt, grand-mother, grandfather
greenlight, green belt, green fingers, greenhouse
heartbreak, heartbeat, heartattack, heart rate
rainbow, raindrop, rail way, popcorn
post office, post man, postbox, postcard
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