Compound Nouns – Riddle-Poems

Here is a riddle - 'What are soft and yellow and live at the end of your arms?'

The answer to this riddle is a compound noun. Children love solving riddles and also creating their own.

In the PowerPoint presentation the children are introduced to a friendly alien creature called Jaxer and his alien friend Arana. Between them they talk the children through the idea of working in pairs to create a compound noun riddle-poem. This is an excellent resource for encouraging children to work in pairs.

The basis of the activity is an exciting word game which is played in pairs. To play the game you are provided with a photocopiable grid of 32 squares featuring 16 different compound nouns.

This material encourages the children to explore the world of compound nouns. It can be used across KS1 – KS3 to both introduce the concept of compounding to younger children and for re-visiting it in subsequent years to consolidate the children’s knowledge.

This resource aims to show children that our language is interesting rather than difficult – something to play with and explore rather than feel threatened and defeated by.

Look out for another ‘Goodeyedeers’ resource ‘Compound Nouns – Riddles’ where Jaxer shows you how to create some great riddles where the answer is always a compound noun.

The answer to the riddle at the top of this page is – butterfingers.

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