Answer:

Explanation:

Compound words may be closed, open, or hyphenated.

Study the example given below.

Types Examples

Closed Someone, seaplane, raincoats, newspapers

Open Time zone, home port, mother tongue, hot dogs

Hyphenated Mother-of-pearl, son-in-law, passers-by, name-calling

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.

 Compound words may be closed (written as one), open (written with space

between words), or hyphenated (connected by a hyphen).

 The meaning of compound words can be inferred through context clues with

the use of:

 Synonyms - one of two or more words of the same language that have

the same meaning.

 Antonyms - are words of opposite meaning.

Ice berg iceberg

Meaning: + Meaning: = Meaning:

Solid state of water mountain of glacier floating ice that has

separated from glacier

 Inference clue is a kind of context clue. In an inference clue, some kind

of information is given in the sentence to help you figure out the

meaning of the unfamiliar word.