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) happiness (b) yellow (c) wheelchair (d) elephant
- 2.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) paste (b) chair (c) milk (d) tree
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) railway (c) tomato (d) happiness
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) waterfall (b) animal (c) banana (d) happiness
- 5.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) shoe (c) pen (d) fly
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) postman (b) pencil (c) beautiful (d) running
- 7.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) cup (d) man
- 8.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) pen (b) glasses (c) milk (d) tree
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) classroom (b) beautiful (c) elephant (d) banana
- 10.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) brow (d) milk
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) beautiful (c) headache (d) animal
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) grandmother (c) tomato (d) kitchen
- 13.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) rice (d) ball
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) firefly (c) banana (d) animal
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) beautiful (c) toothpaste (d) umbrella
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) elephant (c) haircut (d) pencil
- 17.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) milk (d) light
- 18.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) board (d) milk
- 19.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) pan (d) milk
- 20.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) ground
- 21.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) work (b) cup (c) pen (d) tree
- 22.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) chair (b) mother (c) milk (d) pen
- 23.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) shoe (b) paper (c) milk (d) tree
- 24.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) tree (d) thing
- 25.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) cup (b) brush (c) road (d) shoe
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) pencil (c) running (d) homework
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) toothbrush (c) happiness (d) pencil
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) rainbow (c) tomato (d) happiness
- 29.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) cut (d) book
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) bookshelf (c) teacher (d) elephant
- 31.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) milk (d) room
- 32.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) flower (b) chair (c) bag (d) milk
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) doorbell (b) tomato (c) beautiful (d) kitchen
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) notebook (b) yellow (c) running (d) animal
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) animal (c) running (d) pancake
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) elephant (c) quickly (d) beautiful
- 37.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) milk (d) way
- 38.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) ache (d) pen
- 39.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) side (d) milk
- 40.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) milk (d) bag
Answer key
- wheelchair
- paste
- railway
- waterfall
- fly
- postman
- man
- glasses
- classroom
- brow
- headache
- grandmother
- ball
- firefly
- toothpaste
- haircut
- light
- board
- pan
- ground
- work
- mother
- paper
- thing
- brush
- homework
- toothbrush
- rainbow
- cut
- bookshelf
- room
- flower
- doorbell
- notebook
- pancake
- jellyfish
- way
- ache
- side
- bag
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