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Compound and joined words
An AR classroom game for Grade 5. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.
This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.
Curriculum indicatorท 4.1 ป.5/1
A look before you play
Sample questions
A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.
What is a samat compound?
- Pali or Sanskrit words joined together
- Native Thai words joined together
- Words borrowed from English
Read the explanation
Two Pali or Sanskrit words joined, and read from the back to the front.
Which of these is a samat compound?
- แม่น้ำลำคลอง (mae-nam lam-khlong - waterways)
- วิทยาศาสตร์ (witthayasat - science)
- พ่อบ้าน (pho ban - householder)
Read the explanation
วิทยาศาสตร์ is วิทยา plus ศาสตร์, both Sanskrit.
How does a sonthi compound differ from a samat one?
- Sonthi words are always longer
- No difference, they are the same kind
- In sonthi the sounds merge at the join
Read the explanation
In sonthi the sounds merge at the join; in samat the words simply meet.
Before you play
Game teaching guide
What children will practise
Separates samat from sonthi compounds (Pali-Sanskrit origin, merging sounds at the join, reading on across it) and both from native Thai compounds. Fits ท 4.1 ป.5/1 and links to ป.5/5, foreign words in Thai.
What's in the worksheet
6 questions, multiple choice with three options each - A samat compound is Pali or Sanskrit words joined together - วิทยาศาสตร์ is samat; วิทยาลัย is sonthi - The one that is not samat: แม่น้ำ - A samat word reads on across the join, e.g. วิทยาศาสตร์ is read วิด-ทะ-ยา-สาด
How to use it in class
Play it after samat and sonthi have been taught, about 6 minutes, solo. For question 4, write วิทยา + อาลัย = วิทยาลัย so children see the vowel merge. After question 6, have the class read ภูมิศาสตร์ and ประวัติศาสตร์ aloud together to hear the linking sound. The sorting set QS-THAI-P5-CAT-01 follows on well. You can link it to a class and record it in the gradebook.
Common sticking points
- Question 2: choosing แม่น้ำลำคลอง because it is long and made of several words. Stress that origin matters, not length. - Question 6: choosing read from the back word to the front, mixing it up with the rule that samat meaning is translated back to front. Make clear: translate back to front, read front to back. - Question 4: choosing บ้านเมือง, thinking any two joined words are sonthi. Ask whether the sound at the join changes. - Question 1: the answer Pali or Sanskrit words joined together also fits sonthi words. A child who asks how sonthi differs has spotted something real; link it to question 3, where sonthi is the joining with merged sounds.
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