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) sunglasses (b) pencil (c) happiness (d) animal
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) yellow (c) sunflower (d) elephant
- 3.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) chair (b) ground (c) milk (d) pen
- 4.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) board (b) shoe (c) tree (d) milk
- 5.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) brow (d) chair
- 6.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) milk (d) horse
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) running (c) cupboard (d) elephant
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) football (b) banana (c) tomato (d) kitchen
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) pancake (b) quickly (c) beautiful (d) umbrella
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) playground (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) happiness
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) bookshelf (b) animal (c) umbrella (d) elephant
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) pencil (c) butterfly (d) teacher
- 13.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) milk (b) paste (c) chair (d) tree
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) pencil (c) homework (d) kitchen
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) happiness (c) banana (d) doorbell
- 16.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) pan (d) shoe
- 17.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) work (b) cup (c) pen (d) tree
- 18.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) rice (d) shore
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) running (c) beautiful (d) railway
- 20.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) ache (d) milk
- 21.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) book (b) shoe (c) tree (d) milk
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) running (c) beautiful (d) newspaper
- 23.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) milk (d) bag
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) kitchen (c) airport (d) umbrella
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) classroom (b) banana (c) elephant (d) yellow
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) quickly (c) running (d) handbag
- 27.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) bow (b) milk (c) pen (d) chair
- 28.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) cup (c) brush (d) road
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) quickly (c) banana (d) moonlight
- 30.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) tree
- 31.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) man (b) pen (c) chair (d) cup
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) firefly (d) yellow
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) animal (c) elephant (d) starfish
- 34.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) milk (b) rice (c) tree (d) man
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) banana (c) pencil (d) bedroom
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) pencil (c) weekend (d) umbrella
- 37.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) glasses (d) milk
- 38.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) milk (b) ground (c) cup (d) rice
- 39.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) shoe (d) end
- 40.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) room (d) milk
Answer key
- sunglasses
- sunflower
- ground
- board
- brow
- horse
- cupboard
- football
- pancake
- playground
- bookshelf
- butterfly
- paste
- homework
- doorbell
- pan
- work
- shore
- railway
- ache
- book
- newspaper
- bag
- airport
- classroom
- handbag
- bow
- brush
- moonlight
- chair
- man
- firefly
- starfish
- man
- bedroom
- weekend
- glasses
- ground
- end
- room
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