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) elephant (b) tomato (c) teacher (d) homework
- 2.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) light
- 3.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) paper (b) shoe (c) milk (d) tree
- 4.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) pen (d) ache
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) bookshelf (c) banana (d) animal
- 6.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) cup (b) milk (c) fly (d) pen
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) yellow (c) tomato (d) handbag
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) kitchen (c) headache (d) happiness
- 9.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) man (b) milk (c) rice (d) tree
- 10.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) thing (d) milk
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) pencil (c) haircut (d) kitchen
- 12.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) pen (b) horse (c) chair (d) milk
- 13.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) shelf (b) sun (c) rain (d) milk
- 14.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) glasses (d) milk
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) kitchen (c) airport (d) quickly
- 16.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) tree (d) cake
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) cupboard (c) kitchen (d) tomato
- 18.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) paste (b) tree (c) chair (d) milk
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) newspaper (b) beautiful (c) yellow (d) kitchen
- 20.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) fish (d) milk
- 21.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) brow (d) pen
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) banana (c) postman (d) running
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) playground (c) elephant (d) pencil
- 24.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) end (d) tree
- 25.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) work (b) cup (c) tree (d) pen
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) umbrella (c) yellow (d) railway
- 27.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) milk (b) bow (c) chair (d) pen
- 28.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) board (d) tree
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) jellyfish (c) teacher (d) yellow
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) butterfly (c) banana (d) happiness
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) yellow (c) teacher (d) moonlight
- 32.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) tree (b) rice (c) milk (d) bell
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) yellow (c) elephant (d) bedroom
- 34.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) tree (b) one (c) pen (d) milk
- 35.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) tree (b) book (c) shoe (d) milk
- 36.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) side (d) pen
- 37.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) room (b) milk (c) shoe (d) tree
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) teacher (c) starfish (d) animal
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) popcorn (c) teacher (d) animal
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) football (c) elephant (d) yellow
Answer key
- homework
- light
- paper
- ache
- bookshelf
- fly
- handbag
- headache
- man
- thing
- haircut
- horse
- shelf
- glasses
- airport
- cake
- cupboard
- paste
- newspaper
- fish
- brow
- postman
- playground
- end
- work
- railway
- bow
- board
- jellyfish
- butterfly
- moonlight
- bell
- bedroom
- one
- book
- side
- room
- starfish
- popcorn
- football
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