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.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) yellow (c) bookshelf (d) happiness
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) quickly (c) animal (d) haircut
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) tomato (c) homework (d) pencil
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) elephant (c) playground (d) running
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) yellow (c) pencil (d) sunrise
- 6.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) way (d) pen
- 7.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) cup (d) ground
- 8.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) horse
- 9.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) port (b) book (c) tree (d) rice
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) beautiful (c) airport (d) elephant
- 11.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) tree (d) pan
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) kitchen (c) running (d) toothpaste
- 13.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) board (d) shoe
- 14.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) thing (d) pen
- 15.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) chair (d) paste
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) weekend (b) running (c) beautiful (d) teacher
- 17.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) glasses (c) pen (d) tree
- 18.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) light (d) milk
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) notebook (d) kitchen
- 20.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) milk (b) fly (c) cup (d) pen
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) banana (c) starfish (d) pencil
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) classroom (c) elephant (d) beautiful
- 23.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) box (b) tree (c) milk (d) pen
- 24.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) pen (b) room (c) milk (d) tree
- 25.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) shoe (d) paper
- 26.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) shoe (b) chair (c) pen (d) bee
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) umbrella (c) teacher (d) grandmother
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) umbrella (c) sunglasses (d) tomato
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) football (c) teacher (d) quickly
- 30.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) cut (b) book (c) milk (d) tree
- 31.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) milk (b) man (c) rice (d) tree
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) toothbrush (b) elephant (c) tomato (d) kitchen
- 33.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) cup (b) road (c) pen (d) shoe
- 34.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) light
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) doorbell (c) elephant (d) quickly
- 36.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) pen (b) mother (c) milk (d) chair
- 37.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) tree (b) book (c) shoe (d) milk
- 38.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) fly (d) shoe
- 39.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) chair (b) cup (c) man (d) pen
- 40.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) fall (b) chair (c) pen (d) book
Answer key
- bookshelf
- haircut
- homework
- playground
- sunrise
- way
- ground
- horse
- port
- airport
- pan
- toothpaste
- board
- thing
- paste
- weekend
- glasses
- light
- notebook
- fly
- starfish
- classroom
- box
- room
- paper
- bee
- grandmother
- sunglasses
- football
- cut
- man
- toothbrush
- cup
- light
- doorbell
- mother
- book
- fly
- man
- fall
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