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: jelly + ___ (a) milk (b) fish (c) pen (d) chair
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) quickly (c) teacher (d) rainbow
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) teacher (c) tomato (d) firefly
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) postman (b) banana (c) kitchen (d) elephant
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) banana (c) pencil (d) headache
- 6.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) cake (d) pen
- 7.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) ground
- 8.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) bowl (d) chair
- 9.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) tree (b) man (c) rice (d) milk
- 10.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) box (b) tree (c) pen (d) milk
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) teacher (c) yellow (d) daylight
- 12.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) milk (d) brow
- 13.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) milk (d) thing
- 14.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) cup (d) road
- 15.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) room (c) milk (d) tree
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) bookshelf (c) tomato (d) yellow
- 17.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) work (b) cup (c) tree (d) pen
- 18.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) castle
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) happiness (c) running (d) sunrise
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) elephant (c) grandmother (d) banana
- 21.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) bag (c) chair (d) flower
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) elephant (c) pancake (d) umbrella
- 23.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) shoe (d) pan
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) football (c) animal (d) teacher
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) quickly (c) waterfall (d) elephant
- 26.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) milk (d) fly
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) running (c) animal (d) railway
- 28.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) tree (b) port (c) rice (d) book
- 29.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) shelf (b) milk (c) rain (d) sun
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) umbrella (c) kitchen (d) popcorn
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) umbrella (c) teacher (d) weekend
- 32.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) mother (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) quickly (c) banana (d) jellyfish
- 34.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) horse (d) chair
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) homework (b) beautiful (c) tomato (d) elephant
- 36.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) milk (d) bell
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) yellow (c) umbrella (d) playground
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) newspaper (c) quickly (d) running
- 39.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) board (d) shoe
- 40.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) pen (b) fish (c) milk (d) chair
Answer key
- fish
- rainbow
- firefly
- postman
- headache
- cake
- ground
- bowl
- man
- box
- daylight
- brow
- thing
- cup
- room
- bookshelf
- work
- castle
- sunrise
- grandmother
- flower
- pancake
- pan
- football
- waterfall
- fly
- railway
- port
- shelf
- popcorn
- weekend
- mother
- jellyfish
- horse
- homework
- bell
- playground
- newspaper
- board
- fish
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