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Bug Hunt Compound Word Riddles

Join two cousins on a backyard bug hunt. Solve riddles and use the two small words in compound words like anthill and grasshopper to find their meanings.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.2.4.d

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 9 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use the meanings of two smaller words to predict the meaning of a compound word.
  • Students use the second word of a compound word to tell what kind of thing it names.
  • Students choose a sentence that uses a compound word correctly.

How to use

Do the first riddle together and point out how the two small words give the answer. Then let students work on their own and share how they solved the open question.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.4.d

Use the meanings of the individual words to predict the meaning of a compound word, such as birdhouse or bookshelf.

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Bug Hunt Compound Word Riddles

Solve riddles and use word parts to find what compound words mean.

Riddles on the bug hunt

Jaylen and his cousin Rosa go on a bug hunt in the backyard. A compound word is one word made from two smaller words.

1.
Read each riddle. Write the answer from the word bank.
Word bank: spiderweb · sunlight · anthill · honeybee · earthworm

I am a small hill of dirt that ants build. What am I?  
I am a worm that lives in the earth. What am I?  
I am a web that a spider spins. What am I?  
I am a bee that makes honey. What am I?  

2.
Rosa sees a grasshopper jump off a leaf. A hopper is something that hops. What is a grasshopper?
  • A. a frog that hops in a pond
  • B. a tool that cuts tall grass
  • C. an insect that hops in the grass
  • D. a bird that eats seeds in grass
3.
Jaylen finds a beehive in an old tree. What is a beehive?
  • A. a bee that is bigger than the rest
  • B. a flower that bees like to visit
  • C. a sting from a buzzing bee
  • D. a home where many bees live
4.
Under the tree, Rosa finds a tiny blue eggshell. What is an eggshell?
  • A. the hard outside part of an egg
  • B. a seashell shaped like an egg
  • C. a bird that lays blue eggs
  • D. a nest that holds a bird's eggs

Two words, one meaning

Think about what each small word means. Then answer the questions.

5.
Match the two small words to the meaning of the compound word they make.
  1. wild + flower
  2. rain + drop
  3. foot + print
  4. tree + top
  1. A. the top part of a tree
  2. B. a mark left by a foot
  3. C. a flower that grows wild
  4. D. a drop of rain
6.
Jaylen sorts words in his bug notebook. Does each compound word name a living thing or a place? Use the second small word to help you.
houseflybackyardtreehousesunflowerplaygroundhouseplantearthwormdoghouse
A living thingA place
7.
Which sentence uses the word anthill the right way?
  • A. The anthill hopped away when Rosa came close.
  • B. The anthill buzzed from one flower to the next.
  • C. Rosa watched ants carry crumbs into the anthill.
  • D. The anthill spun a sticky web on the fence.
8.
The second small word tells what kind of thing it is. Circle the THREE words that name a kind of bird.

bluebirdbirdbathbirdseedblackbirdsongbirdbirdcage

9.
Rosa says, "A doghouse and a treehouse are both houses." How do the first small words help you know how they are different?

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