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6. children live nearby. (demonstrative adjective)
7. Is this new bike? (possessive adjective)
8. kittens look hurt. (demonstrative adjective)
Time to learn new words
You have learnt that compound words are usually formed of two words. These are some
compound words from the story.
• hill station • old-fashioned • cowshed • police station
Based on the above examples, we can divide compound words into three kinds.
• A closed compound word is formed of two words that do not have any space between
them. For example, cowshed, extraordinary.
• An open compound word is formed of two words that have a space between them.
When they are read together, they form a new meaning. For example, hill station,
real estate.
• A hyphenated compound word is formed of two or more words that are joined by a
hyphen. For example, old-fashioned, father-in-law.
Use these words to make as many compound words of the three kinds.
closed compound open compound word hyphenated
word compound word
week
break
cheese
snow
guide
Study skills
Read these words. They have been broken into syllables.
' hand | cuff (stress on the first syllable is depicted by the symbol ' )
out | 'wit (stress on the second syllable is depicted by the symbol ')
'ex | cel | lent (stress on the first syllable is depicted by the symbol ')
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