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Inferring the Meaning
of Compound Words
Using
Context Clues

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What form/slip will you fill out if you
want to keep your money in your
bank account?
What about if you want to get
money in your bank account, what
form/slip will you fill out?

The pictures below are different types of
forms. Perhaps you have encountered and
filled out already. Identify the name of these
forms by selecting the correct answer inside
the box.
Some words are short, others are long. Well,
some words are formed by combining other
words. Match Column A with Column B to
form the desired compound word.

Column A Column B
Time a. print
House b. room
Class c. hold
Door d. table
Blue e. knob

Compound words or compounds are words formed by
putting two or more words together to form a new
word with a new meaning. To understand the meaning
of the compound, it is important to determine the
meaning of each word that makes up the new word.
Compound words may be closed, open, or
hyphenated.

Study the example given below.

Notice that the two words back and pack
originally mean two different things. But
when they are combined as backpack,
the new word also has a new meaning.
Since the two words are combined as
one word, without any hyphen or space,
it is called a closed compound word.

Directions: Complete each statement by
inferring and supplying the missing
word. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
1. Compound words are words formed by
joining __________ different words together.
2. There are three types of compound
words: open, closed, and __________.

3. The resulting compound word has
a __________ meaning.
4. To figure out meaning of an
unfamiliar word, ____________ clues
may be used.
5. Words that have the same meaning
are ____________.

Assignment
Directions: Read some stories
or get hold of storybooks.
Find and list five examples of
each type of compound word
in your notebook.

Inferring the
Meaning
of Compound
Words Using
Context Clues

Read and study the paragraph
below. Look for the compound
words that were used in each
sentence. Find out what they
mean in these sentences and
answer the questions that follow.
Write your answers in your
notebook.

The girls were halfway up to
the tree, and when the
floodwater hit it midway, they
held on as tightly as they could.
Reaching the hillcrest, they saw
the destruction made by the
busted dam including the trees
and plants on the other hilltop.

Questions:
Identify the five (5) compound
words used in a paragraph.
Which word in the 1st
sentence
means the same as halfway?
Which word in the 2nd
sentence is
synonymous with word hilltop?
How do we call these words,
synonyms or antonyms?

Remember:
Compounding is joining two or more words
together to make them one word with a new
meaning. This new meaning of the compound
word may be the same as the individual meaning
of its component words or may be different.

Directions: Read some stories or get
hold of storybooks. Find and list five
examples of each type of compound
word in your notebook.

Directions: Infer the meaning of the
underlined compound words write it on
your notebook.
1. There is no place so sweet and
comfortable like one’s motherland.
2. My brother’s mother-in-law from Canada
has just arrived to visit her daughter.

3. The real estate agent is selling some lots.
4. Mrs. Santos is our part-time teacher in
Mathematics.
5. One morning, Jeriel’s name was in the
headline of the daily newspaper.
6. The airfield was too small to serve as a
landing strip for the sky jet.

7. Brielle has always been hardworking, that is
why she submits her project on time.
8. I love the texture of crepe paper which is
perfect for gift wrapping.
9. Mr. Fuentes has been working as the editor-
in-chief of a leading magazine in the city.
10. People are not playthings.

1. What are compound
words?
2. What are the three types
of compound words?
3. Give example for each
type.

Compound words may be
closed (written as one),
open (written with space
between words), or
hyphenated (connected by a
hyphen).

Directions: Read some
stories or get hold of
storybooks. Find and list
five examples of each
type of compound word in
your notebook.

Directions: Answer the questions below by
writing the letter of the correct answer in
your notebook.
1. How were you able to give the meaning
of the unfamiliar words?
a. through inference
c. through its synonym
b. through context clue
d. all of the above

2. What do we mean when we infer?
a. Conclude b. guess c. summarize d.
outline
3. What is the meaning of the word synonym?
a. words spelled correctly
c. words with similar meaning
b. words that are misspelled
d. words with unknown meaning

4. What are antonyms on your own
understanding?
a. words opposite in meaning
b. misspelled words
c. words having the same sound
d. words that are difficult to define
5. What is meant by unfamiliar words?
a. words whose meanings are not yet known b.
words that are spelled erroneously
c. words that are hard to read
d. words that are too long

How is each type
of compound
word written?

The meaning of compound words can be
inferred through context clues with the use
of:
• Synonyms - two or more words that have the
same meaning.
• Antonyms – two or more words that have
opposite meaning. Inference clue is a kind of
➢
context clue. In an inference clue, information
is given in the sentence to help you figure out
the meaning of the unfamiliar word.

Directions: Read some
stories or get hold of
storybooks. Find and list
five examples of each
type of compound word
in your notebook.

Go over the sentences
carefully and silently. Infer
the meaning of the
italicized compound word
in each statement by
looking for its synonym.
Write your answer in your
notebook.

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