Compound Words Quiz Grade 9

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    Where you find clouds + a carefree adventure = a type of bird.

    • skylark
    • skyline
    • snowbird
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    A boundary bush + another name for a pig = a spiny mammal, a famous one is named Sonic.

    • hedgehog
    • hedgehop
    • hobnail
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    A baby’s toy + a slithery reptile = a venomous animal. Diamondback is a type of this animal.

    • rattlesnake
    • kingsnake
    • copperhead
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    The yellow spread you put on your bread + to soar in the air = a beautiful insect with wings. Monarch is a type of it.

    • butterfly
    • buttercup
    • buttermilk
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    The liquid that comes from a tree + another name for a lollipop = a type of bird. Yellow-bellied is a famous type of this bird.

    • sapsucker
    • fingerlicker
    • thumbsucker
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    A male cow + an animal that hops = an amphibian that croaks.

    • bullfrog
    • bulldozer
    • bullpen
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    What you can put on your sandwich with peanut butter + an animal that lives in the water = something you find in the ocean when you go to the beach.

    • jellyfish
    • catfish
    • starfish
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    What you do for apples at Halloween + the opposite of dog = a type of feline.

    • bobcat
    • bobtail
    • tomcat
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    A fire breathing monster + to glide in the air = an insect also known as the devil’s darning needle.

    • dragonfly
    • housefly
    • honeybee
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    A fire breathing monster + to glide in the air = an insect also known as the devil’s darning needle.

    • walleye
    • sockeye
    • pinkeye
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    The opposite of before + a school subject dealing with numbers = synonym for consequence.

    • aftermath
    • afterlife
    • lowlife
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    A male deer + an injection = a type of ammunition.

    • buckshot
    • gunshot
    • lambskin
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    A bovine + what you do to an icecream with your tongue = a tuft of hair that sticks up.

    • cowlick
    • cowpoke
    • cowlick
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    Opposite of up + another word for autumn = ruin.

    • downfall
    • landfall
    • downcast
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    Organ of sight + a thing you bounce = to check something out closely.

    • eyeball
    • baseball
    • eyesight
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    Another word for a blaze + soar through the air = an insect that glows in the dark.

    • firefly
    • fireman
    • horsefly
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    A red or green fruit that comes in bunches + what apples and oranges are = a type of citrus.

    • grapefruit
    • grapeshot
    • breadstone
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    What a rifle or a pistol is + another word for ship = a type of military vessel.

    • gunboat
    • houseboat
    • gunfire
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    The stuff on the top of your head + what you do with scissors = what the barber gives you.

    • haircut
    • hairdo
    • hairbrush
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    What is on your shoulders + the opposite of dark = what is on the front of your car that you use at night.

    • headlight
    • headfirst
    • daylight
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    Red + noggin = a person with red hair.

    • redhead
    • redroot
    • reddome
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    Red + epidermis = a member of a former American NFL football team based in Washington.

    • redskin
    • redwing
    • redleg
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    Red + lumber = a type of tree native to California.

    • redwood
    • redroot
    • redforest
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    Red + tunic = a US college athlete whose eligibility is postponed for a year.

    • redshirt
    • redleg
    • redcoat
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    Red + an animal that flies = a scarlet tanager or cardinal.

    • redbird
    • redwing
    • redbat
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    Red + parka = a British soldier from the Revolutionary War.

    • redcoat
    • redneck
    • redjacket
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    Red + the part of a plant that is underground = a perennial woodland plant.

    • redroot
    • redbone
    • redrot
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    Red + the ulna or humerus = an American hound used to hunt raccoons, bears, etc.

    • redbone
    • redneck
    • redblood
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    Red + flipper = a North American fresh water fish.

    • redfin
    • redhand
    • reddolphin
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    Red + nape or scruff = a hillbilly.

    • redneck
    • rednose
    • redleg

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