Sticking two small words together to make a big one
Lesson 5 of 17 Year 1
Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildTwo small words, pushed together. Keep every letter and leave no space.
1 · Tick the right word
a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
I ate a cupcake.
We play with the football.
foot + ball = football
4 · Help Polpetta
It is wrong because the two meanings do not join up. A carpet has nothing to do with cars or pets, so carpet is just one long word, not two words joined.
2 · Find the 3 mistakes
1
cupcak
cupcake
2
popcon
popcorn
3
sand pit
sandpit
goldfish is the decoy and is already right.
MediumTwo small words, pushed together into one. Every letter stays, and there is no space.
1 · Tick the right word
a Ab Ac Bd BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
I had a pancake for breakfast.
Tick: sun + flower, rain + bow · sun + flower = sunflower. The sunflower grew taller than me.
Tick: goldfish, bedroom, football · The goldfish lives in my bedroom.
4 · Help Polpetta
Split carpet into car and pet, then check the meaning: a carpet is not a pet car. The two meanings do not build the new word, so carpet is not two words joined, it is just one long word.
2 · Find the 4 mistakes
1
cupcak
cupcake
2
sanpit
sandpit
3
tooth brush
toothbrush
4
hairbush
hairbrush
popcorn, milkshake, armchair and goldfish are already right.
SpicySplit the long word. Then ask whether the two meanings really build the new one.
1 · Tick the right word
a Bb Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
sun + flower = sunflower, a flower that turns to face the sun.
The goldfish swam past the lighthouse. (underline goldfish and lighthouse)
Carpet. Split it into car and pet and the meanings do not join, a carpet is not a pet car, so it is not two words joined.
4 · Help Polpetta
Split it and check the meaning again: many butterflies are the yellow colour of butter, so a butterfly is a butter-coloured fly. The meanings do join, and every letter of butter and fly is kept. A long word that is not two words joined is carpet, because a carpet has nothing to do with cars or pets.
2 · Find the 6 mistakes
1
after noon
afternoon
2
gingerbred
gingerbread
3
strawbery
strawberry
4
wheelbarow
wheelbarrow
5
grass hopper
grasshopper
6
toothpast
toothpaste
butterscotch is the decoy and is already right. The two space-only mistakes are after noon and grass hopper.