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Compound words and closed syllables

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The words

  • sunset
  • rabbit
  • picnic
  • napkin
  • cupcake
  • bathtub
  • sandbox
  • laptop
  • muffin
  • kitten
  • basket
  • insect
  • pumpkin
  • goblin
  • tennis
  • backpack
  • blacksmith
  • blanket
  • campfire
  • carrot
  • dragon
  • duckling
  • faraway
  • fireworks
  • horseshoe
  • inside
  • moonlit
  • pancakes
  • rocket
  • storybook
  • sunbeam
  • sunlight
  • sunrise
  • supper
  • upon
  • wagon

Tricky words to learn by heart

These come up alongside this pattern but don't follow it.

  • because
  • people
  • water

In a sentence

  • sunset: The dragon flew home at sunset.
  • rabbit: A fluffy rabbit hops across the green meadow.
  • picnic: We ate apples at a picnic by the river.
  • napkin: Please wipe your mouth with a napkin after you eat.
  • cupcake: The fairy baked a sweet cupcake for her friend.
  • bathtub: The little troll splashed happily in the bathtub.

Mistakes to watch for

For grown-ups helping at home: these are the kinds of slips this pattern tends to bring.

WordOften written as
sunsetsunsit, sunsett
rabbitrabit, rabbitt
picnicpiknik, pickneck
napkinnapkon, napkn
cupcakecupcak, cupkake

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