10th English Compound Words (Q.11) Study Material & Exercises

Q.11 Compound Words

The following table:

Word 1	Word 2	Compound word
air	port	airport
hand	written	handwritten
over	load	overload
child	hood	childhood
safe	guard	safeguard
type	write	typewrite
soft	ware	software
walking	stick	walking stick
fast	food	fast food
water	fall	water fall
cricket	ground	cricket ground
head	light	headlight
wind	screen	wind screen
eye	brow	eye brow
car	park	car park
second	class	second class
nice	man	nice man
honest	man	honest man
wise	man	wise man
tall	girl	tall girl
short	hand	short hand
driving	licence	driving licence
walking	stick	walking stick
dining	hall	dining hall
reading	room	reading room
resting	hall	resting hall
cloak	room	cloak room
after	noon	afternoon
fore	sight	fore sight
over	coat	over coat

Exercises

1. Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word 'watch' to form a compound word. (MDL-19)

• a) hall
• b) house
• c) man
• d) clock

2. Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word alarm to form a compound word. (PTA - 1)

• a) sound
• b) clock
• c) time
• d) watch

3. Choose the suitable option to pair with green to form a compound word. (PTA - 2)

• a) dress
• b) house
• c) glass
• d) pen

4. Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word traffic to form a compound word. (PTA-3)

• a) police
• b) signal
• c) jam
• d) light

5. Choose the suitable option to pair it with 'boarding' to form a compound word. (PTA-4)

• a) pause
• b) pass
• c) parts
• d) fast

6. Choose the suitable option to pair with 'sea' to form a compound word. (PTA - 5)

• a) shine
• b) shore
• c) soar
• d) pool

7. Choose the suitable option that do not pair with life to form a compound word. (PTA - 6)

• a) skill
• b) time
• c) boat
• d) leave