Compound Words Worksheet
Word tip (Two whole words): Split the word into two parts — each part must be a real word on its own (foot + ball). To make one, find the second word that joins with the first to make a real word: snow + man = snowman. Words like teacher (teach + er) or quickly (quick + ly) end in a suffix, so they are not compound words.
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- 1.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) ache (d) pen
- 2.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) road (b) shoe (c) cup (d) brush
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) postman (c) beautiful (d) teacher
- 4.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) milk (b) cup (c) rice (d) ground
- 5.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) ball (b) pen (c) rice (d) cup
- 6.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) shore (d) rice
- 7.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) bow
- 8.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) tree (d) end
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) animal (c) bookshelf (d) kitchen
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) football (c) quickly (d) animal
- 11.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) milk (d) fly
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) homework (c) animal (d) yellow
- 13.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) box (d) tree
- 14.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) tree (d) pan
- 15.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) cup (d) work
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) banana (c) newspaper (d) quickly
- 17.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) corn (d) shoe
- 18.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) rise (b) milk (c) pen (d) chair
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) headache (d) quickly
- 20.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) chair (d) paste
- 21.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) milk (d) bag
- 22.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) shoe (d) book
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) sunflower (c) happiness (d) umbrella
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) popcorn (b) pencil (c) quickly (d) umbrella
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) quickly (c) weekend (d) teacher
- 26.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) way
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) toothbrush (c) running (d) quickly
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) elephant (c) waterfall (d) beautiful
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) airport (b) kitchen (c) umbrella (d) yellow
- 30.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) tree (b) cut (c) milk (d) book
- 31.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) tree (b) cake (c) pen (d) shoe
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) yellow (c) handbag (d) teacher
- 33.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) fish
- 34.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) tree (b) thing (c) milk (d) pen
- 35.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) book (c) port (d) tree
- 36.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) board (d) shoe
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) classroom (b) animal (c) pencil (d) umbrella
- 38.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) glasses (c) tree (d) pen
- 39.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) ground (c) chair (d) milk
- 40.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) light (d) chair
Answer key
- ache
- brush
- postman
- ground
- ball
- shore
- bow
- end
- bookshelf
- football
- fly
- homework
- box
- pan
- work
- newspaper
- corn
- rise
- headache
- paste
- bag
- book
- sunflower
- popcorn
- weekend
- way
- toothbrush
- waterfall
- airport
- cut
- cake
- handbag
- fish
- thing
- port
- board
- classroom
- glasses
- ground
- light
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