Words for a little fresh air.
Two-word ingredients for things outside.
Ten questions, with the answers explained. Try them in your head, then open each answer when you're ready.
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Join two everyday words: a tall flower with a name that points to the Sun. Which compound fits?
- moonlight
- sunflower
- hilltop
- snowflake
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sunflower
Sun + flower gives sunflower. A sunflower has a large flower head made up of many small flowers.
QUESTION 2 / 10
Join two everyday words: a colored arc seen when sunlight meets droplets. Which compound fits?
- seashore
- rainbow
- waterfall
- footpath
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rainbow
Rain + bow gives rainbow. A rainbow's colors come from light interacting with water droplets.
QUESTION 3 / 10
Join two everyday words: one small crystal of falling snow. Which compound fits?
- woodland
- hilltop
- sunrise
- snowflake
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snowflake
Snow + flake gives snowflake. Snowflakes form as ice crystals in clouds.
QUESTION 4 / 10
Join two everyday words: a place where a river drops over an edge. Which compound fits?
- footpath
- sunflower
- moonlight
- waterfall
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waterfall
Water + fall gives waterfall. A waterfall sends flowing water down a sudden drop.
QUESTION 5 / 10
Join two everyday words: the highest part of a hill. Which compound fits?
- hilltop
- seashore
- rainbow
- woodland
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hilltop
Hill + top gives hilltop. A hilltop is the summit or uppermost area.
QUESTION 6 / 10
Join two everyday words: a narrow route intended for walking. Which compound fits?
- sunrise
- moonlight
- snowflake
- footpath
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footpath
Foot + path gives footpath. A footpath is a path for pedestrians.
QUESTION 7 / 10
Join two everyday words: an area covered with trees. Which compound fits?
- sunflower
- seashore
- woodland
- waterfall
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woodland
Wood + land gives woodland. Woodland is land where trees form the main vegetation.
QUESTION 8 / 10
Join two everyday words: the light that reaches us from the Moon. Which compound fits?
- hilltop
- rainbow
- moonlight
- sunrise
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moonlight
Moon + light gives moonlight. Moonlight is reflected sunlight.
QUESTION 9 / 10
Join two everyday words: the land along the edge of the sea. Which compound fits?
- seashore
- snowflake
- sunflower
- footpath
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seashore
Sea + shore gives seashore. The seashore is the meeting place of land and sea.
QUESTION 10 / 10
Join two everyday words: the moment the Sun appears over the horizon. Which compound fits?
- woodland
- sunrise
- rainbow
- waterfall
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sunrise
Sun + rise gives sunrise. Sunrise marks the beginning of the Sun's visible passage across the sky.