Question

When two words are joined together to form a new word with a different meaning,

it’s called a compound word. ‘hydrotherapy’ and ‘co-founder’ are examples of compound words.

Select the option listing examples of compound words from the passage.

1. X-ray

2. wildlife

3. specialized

4. concrete

a) 1, 2

b) 3, 4

c) 1, 4

d) 2, 3​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 AND 2

Explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer is Option(a).

The correct answer is Option(a).X-rays and wildlife are compound words.

• The word X-ray is a combination of the letter X and the word ray.
• The word wildlife is the combination of wild and life.
• The remaining words are not compound words as no words are joined to form them.
• Specialized and concrete are just individual words.