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Compound word creation: Activity 2

See how many compound words you can create from a given word.

For each word, see how many compounds you can think of which include the word.

1. light lighthouse, lightweight, sunlight, daylight
2. time timetable, time-scale, bedtime, daytime
3. bird birdsong, birdseed, songbird, birdhouse, blackbird
4. down downtown, download, lowdown, showdown
5. brain brainwave, brain-teaser, birdbrain, scatterbrain

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