Compound words are a mixture of other words.
In this series of 11-plus verbal reasoning quizzes you have to find one word from each group of words in brackets that together makes one correctly spelled word. The letters must not be rearranged. The word from the first group will always be used first.
Choose one answer from the four choices available. This is the final quiz in the Compound Word series. You are about to be a qualified compound word expert!
An example has been done for you. Enjoy Compound Words quiz number 4 and when you've finished playing this quiz, give yourself a treat.
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The correct answer is step son because step and son together make the compound word stepson. A stepson is the son of a married partner
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The correct answer is wheel house because wheel and house together make the compound word wheelhouse. The wheelhouse on a ship is the place where it is steered from
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The correct answer is week end because week and end together make the compound word weekend. In France the words 'le weekend' have been banned by people who do not like to see English words coming into the French language. Can you think of a French word which we use? See below for some ideas
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The correct answer is tea cup because tea and cup together make the compound word teacup
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The correct answer is war path because war and path together make the compound word warpath. We like the idea of 'battlemath' but cannot imagine what it would look like!
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The correct answer is goodbye because good and bye together make the compound word goodbye. Originally goodbye meant 'God be with you'. The answer to the puzzle in question 3? How about rendezvous, bureau and ballet? How many can you think of?
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The correct answer is jelly fish because jelly and fish together make the compound word jellyfish. It is believed that a jellyfish can live virtually forever. It is one of very few animals that can replace every cell in its body if it is damaged or infected or just suffering from old age
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The correct answer is grave yard because grave and yard together make the compound word graveyard. Did you hear about the skeleton who couldn't go to the disco? He had no body to go with!
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The correct answer is fore thought because fore and thought together make the compound word forethought
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The correct answer is high way man because high and way and man together make the compound word highwayman. We just wanted you to know, on the last question of the last Compound Word quiz, that some compound words have more than two words in them. We really hope you have enjoyed this set of quizzes and look forward to you trying some more of our Verbal Reasoning quizzes
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