The words below are the first half of words which are made up of two smaller words - but are not compounds. For example, SUN could be combined with DRY to get SUNDRY. SUNDRY is not a compound word (like BEDROOM), since its two halves are not related. Can you think of the other half of the words below to make longer, but not compound words. Some of the words may have more than one answer. 

1. US 

2. SIN

3. PAR 

4. THY

5. POT

6. CAN

7. DEW 

8. SLAT

9. TAPE 

10. BUOY

11. ORIGIN 

 

Answers:

 

1. USHER

2. SINUS

3. PARDON / PARLANCE / PARAMOUNT

4. THYME

5. POTION

6. CANDID / CANTEEN

7. DEWLAP

8. SLATHER

9. TAPESTRY

10. BUOYANT

11. ORIGINALLY  

 

[False compounds]