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) pencil (b) tomato (c) happiness (d) football
- 2.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) horse (d) chair
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) pencil (c) animal (d) grandmother
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) firefly (c) banana (d) quickly
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) animal (c) rainbow (d) tomato
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) playground (b) yellow (c) umbrella (d) pencil
- 7.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) cup (b) man (c) chair (d) pen
- 8.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) rice (b) bell (c) tree (d) milk
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) snowman (b) teacher (c) happiness (d) beautiful
- 10.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) shoe (d) board
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) happiness (c) newspaper (d) yellow
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) happiness (c) banana (d) starfish
- 13.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) pen (b) road (c) cup (d) shoe
- 14.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) fish (b) chair (c) pen (d) milk
- 15.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) pen (b) bowl (c) chair (d) milk
- 16.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) milk (b) way (c) tree (d) pen
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) quickly (c) beautiful (d) headache
- 18.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) cup (b) shoe (c) brush (d) road
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) happiness (c) banana (d) postman
- 20.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) bag (b) milk (c) flower (d) chair
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) daylight (c) teacher (d) umbrella
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) doorbell (b) tomato (c) quickly (d) kitchen
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) quickly (c) toothbrush (d) animal
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) eyebrow (c) pencil (d) tomato
- 25.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) glasses (b) pen (c) milk (d) tree
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) yellow (c) beautiful (d) toothpaste
- 27.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) book (b) tree (c) rice (d) port
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) beautiful (c) weekend (d) running
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) yellow (c) beautiful (d) butterfly
- 30.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) paper (d) tree
- 31.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) milk (d) one
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) airport (b) animal (c) teacher (d) pencil
- 33.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) ground (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 34.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) shoe (b) pan (c) milk (d) tree
- 35.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) ache
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) railway (c) tomato (d) animal
- 37.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) shoe (c) fly (d) pen
- 38.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) fly (d) cup
- 39.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) thing (d) tree
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) moonlight (c) yellow (d) elephant
Answer key
- football
- horse
- grandmother
- firefly
- rainbow
- playground
- man
- bell
- snowman
- board
- newspaper
- starfish
- cup
- fish
- bowl
- way
- headache
- brush
- postman
- flower
- daylight
- doorbell
- toothbrush
- eyebrow
- glasses
- toothpaste
- port
- weekend
- butterfly
- paper
- one
- airport
- ground
- pan
- ache
- railway
- fly
- fly
- thing
- moonlight
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