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) football (b) yellow (c) quickly (d) happiness
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) quickly (d) bookshelf
- 3.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) rice (b) bag (c) milk (d) tree
- 4.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) shoe (b) corn (c) tree (d) pen
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) quickly (c) homework (d) kitchen
- 6.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) rice (d) bell
- 7.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) glasses (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) beautiful (c) umbrella (d) sunrise
- 9.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) ground
- 10.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) mother (d) pen
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) bedroom (c) kitchen (d) umbrella
- 12.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) thing (d) milk
- 13.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) book (d) shoe
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) elephant (c) waterfall (d) kitchen
- 15.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) chair (b) fish (c) milk (d) pen
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) quickly (c) notebook (d) running
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) handbag (b) tomato (c) quickly (d) pencil
- 18.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) way
- 19.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) road (b) shoe (c) pen (d) cup
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) animal (c) umbrella (d) cupboard
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) pancake (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) umbrella
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) popcorn (c) animal (d) beautiful
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) beautiful (c) toothbrush (d) quickly
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) rainbow (b) pencil (c) quickly (d) kitchen
- 25.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) fly (b) milk (c) cup (d) pen
- 26.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) fly (d) chair
- 27.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) milk (b) paste (c) chair (d) tree
- 28.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) tree (b) cut (c) book (d) milk
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) happiness (c) kitchen (d) postman
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) airport (c) kitchen (d) pencil
- 31.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) cup (b) chair (c) man (d) pen
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) pencil (c) toothpaste (d) kitchen
- 33.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) cup (b) milk (c) ground (d) rice
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) beautiful (c) animal (d) sunflower
- 35.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) rice (d) man
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) weekend (b) animal (c) elephant (d) pencil
- 37.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) pen (b) box (c) tree (d) milk
- 38.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) pan (d) milk
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) umbrella (c) firefly (d) tomato
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) elephant (c) tomato (d) starfish
Answer key
- football
- bookshelf
- bag
- corn
- homework
- bell
- glasses
- sunrise
- ground
- mother
- bedroom
- thing
- book
- waterfall
- fish
- notebook
- handbag
- way
- cup
- cupboard
- pancake
- popcorn
- toothbrush
- rainbow
- fly
- fly
- paste
- cut
- postman
- airport
- man
- toothpaste
- ground
- sunflower
- man
- weekend
- box
- pan
- firefly
- starfish
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