Directions: Read and study the sentences below. Look for the compound words that were used in cach sentence. Find out what they mean in these sentences then answer the questions that follow. The girls were halfway up 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 hillt. .
2. Which word in the first sentence means the same as halfway?
3. Which word in the second sentence is synonymous to hillcrest?
4. How do you call these words? Synonyms or Antonyms?
Answers & Comments
Answer