Crossword: Build Your Vocabulary - Compound Words 4
In English, words, particularly adjectives and nouns, are combined into compound structures in a variety of ways. One common pattern is to join two words such as fire and fly, into one word: firefly.
There are three forms of compound words. This challenge focus's on the the closed form, fire + fly = firefly.
There is only one sure way to know how to spell compounds in English: use an authoritative dictionary.
Flashcards: Crossword: Build Your Vocabulary - Compound Words 4
Guidelines:
-- Use only the words in the the Word Bank to form the compound word in English.
-- Create 28 English compound words, (you may find more than I did) and then translate the compound word into Spanish.
-- Indicate where the Spanish word will be used in the crossword puzzle.
-- One clue per member please, though you may participate every 1 - 2 hours.
-- Feel free to use sentences and/or pictures.
-- Note: You do not have to do the clues in any particular sequence!
-- Several of the words in the Word Bank are used more than once.
Word Bank
| after | air | along | baby | bed | berry | black | board | |||||||
| book | boot | case | common | cry | dish | key | lock | |||||||
| noon | place | plane | road | sat | shock | side | silver | |||||||
| sit | sitter | smith | strap | straw | sub | thought | washer | |||||||
| water | waves | way | ways | worm |
| Created English Compound Word | Spanish Translation | Created English Compound Word | Spanish Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. subway | subterráneo | 2. roadside | borde de la carretera |
| 3. bookworm | el ratón de biblioteca | 4. strawberry | fresa |
| 5. silversmith | platero, orfebre | 6. locksmith | cerrajero |
| 7. crybaby | llorón | 8. blacksmith | herrero |
| 9. bookshelf | estantería | 10. aftershock | réplica |
| 11. bedside | lado de cama | 12. sideways | de lado |
| 13. babysitter | niñera | 14. dishwasher | lavavajillas |
| 15. blackberry | zarzamora | 16. keyboard | teclado |
| 17. afternoon | tarde | 18. dishwater | agua de fregar |
| 19. airplane | aeroplano | 20. blackboard | pizarra |
| 21. babysat | cuidó a las niñas | 22. afterthought | la idea tardía |
| 23. airwaves | ondas radiofónicas | 24. bootstrap | trabilla |
| 25. airway | la vía respiratoria | 26. commonplace | común |
| 27. alongside | junto a | 28. babysit | cuidar a los niños |
| Across | Down | |
| 4. after a main earthquake | 1. underground railroad | |
| 6. works with silver | 2. slate | |
| 7. common, ordinary | 3. forges metal | |
| 10. repairs locks | 5. next to (2 Words) | |
| 13. The ----- pie is delicious. | 8. radio or TV broadcast over these (2 Words) | |
| 14. strip of land beside a road (4 Words) | 9. loop on the back of a boot or shoe | |
| 17. They enjoyed ----- tea. (2 Words) | 10. to serve while the parents are away (4 Words) | |
| 18. She turned the ----- lamp on. (3 Words) | 11. devoted to reading (4 Words) | |
| 22. soft, red fruit with a seeded surface | 12. The -----arrived late! | |
| 23. The ----- was obstructed. (3 Words) | 15. water from dirty dishes (3 Words) | |
| 24. Yesterday, she ----- the girls. (4 Words) | 16. panel of keys | |
| 25. set of shelves | 17. crys frequently | |
| 18. a machine or a person | ||
| 19. one side facing forward (2 Words) | ||
| 20. A kid flies a paper -----(s). | ||
| 21. added to the original (3 Words) |
32 Answers
9 down - loop on the back of a boot or shoe
trabilla - bootstrap
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps!
¡Haz un esfuerzo para mejorar tu situación!
17 across: afternoon/la tarde
16 down: panel of keys = keyboard/teclado
8 down
radio or TV broadcast over airwaves = ondas radiofónicas
22 across: soft red fruit with a seeded surface = strawberry/fresa
23. across la vía respiratoria
The airway was obstructed. (3 Words)
19 Sideways - De lado
Here, the actors in the play ¨Sideways¨ are sitting mostly sideways.
Aquí, los actores en la obra del teatro ¨Sideways¨ están sentados de lado.
It was a very funny movie too.
También esto fue una película chistísima.
11. down devoted to reading>el ratón de biblioteca/ bookworm
6 across
Silversmith = orfebre
10 across
locksmith = cerrajero
25 across - set of shelves - estantería
1 down - underground railroad
English - subway
Spanish - subterráneo
3 down. blacksmith/herrero ( forges metal)
15. down - water from dirty dishes (3 Words) - agua de fregar
dishwater
5 down: next to = alongside/junto a
