Grade 2 · English Language Arts · Unit 5 of 8
Word Power
Compound words and opposites
What your child practises
Building compound words, finding opposites and spelling plurals (-s and -es).
Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum curriculum outcome: Reading and viewing: select and read (by Grade 3) · word patterns, plurals and vocabulary
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
Put the two words together. What new word do you make?
water + melon
- 🍉watermelon
- 🍿popcorn
- 🦋butterfly
🍉 watermelon
Hint: A compound word is two words stuck together: water + melon = watermelon.
Question 2
What is the opposite of “lose”?
- dry
- down
- win
win
Hint: Opposites mean very different things, like lose and win.
Question 3
What is the opposite of “happy”?
- day
- small
- sad
sad
Hint: Opposites mean very different things, like happy and sad.
Question 4
One box, two…
📦 📦- boxs
- boxes
- box
boxes
Hint: Words ending in s, x, sh or ch add -es: boxes.
Question 5
What is the opposite of “late”?
- early
- last
- up
early
Hint: Opposites mean very different things, like late and early.
Question 6
Put the two words together. What new word do you make?
sun + flower
- 👣footprint
- 🌻sunflower
- 🏈football
🌻 sunflower
Hint: A compound word is two words stuck together: sun + flower = sunflower.