Grade 2 · English Language Arts · Unit 5 of 5
Word Power
Compound words and opposites
What your child practises
Building compound words, finding opposites and spelling plurals (-s and -es).
BC Curriculum learning standard: Language features: word patterns, vocabulary and plurals
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What is the opposite of “hot”?
- cold
- closed
- big
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cold
Hint: Opposites mean very different things, like hot and cold.
Question 2
What is the opposite of “day”?
- night
- empty
- cold
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night
Hint: Opposites mean very different things, like day and night.
Question 3
One bus, two…
🚌 🚌- buses
- bus
- buss
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buses
Hint: Words ending in s, x, sh or ch add -es: buses.
Question 4
What is the opposite of “empty”?
- big
- full
- up
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full
Hint: Opposites mean very different things, like empty and full.
Question 5
Put the two words together. What new word do you make?
cup + cake
- 🧁cupcake
- ⭐starfish
- 🏈football
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🧁 cupcake
Hint: A compound word is two words stuck together: cup + cake = cupcake.
Question 6
Put the two words together. What new word do you make?
sun + flower
- 🌻sunflower
- 🦋butterfly
- ⭐starfish
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🌻 sunflower
Hint: A compound word is two words stuck together: sun + flower = sunflower.