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) grandmother (b) teacher (c) quickly (d) happiness
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) haircut (c) pencil (d) tomato
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) quickly (c) tomato (d) starfish
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) playground (c) yellow (d) quickly
- 5.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) cup (d) fly
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) beautiful (c) tomato (d) jellyfish
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) popcorn (b) animal (c) elephant (d) beautiful
- 8.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) pen (d) ache
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) doorbell (c) quickly (d) tomato
- 10.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) book (b) milk (c) cut (d) tree
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) pencil (c) firefly (d) running
- 12.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) rice (b) pen (c) ball (d) cup
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) banana (c) elephant (d) sunrise
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) classroom (c) kitchen (d) elephant
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) beautiful (c) happiness (d) sunglasses
- 16.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) cake (d) pen
- 17.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) work (d) tree
- 18.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) shoe (b) book (c) tree (d) milk
- 19.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) tree (d) corn
- 20.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) room (d) pen
- 21.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) chair (b) man (c) pen (d) cup
- 22.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) ground
- 23.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) tree (b) chair (c) paste (d) milk
- 24.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) side (d) milk
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) cupboard (b) kitchen (c) running (d) beautiful
- 26.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) bow
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) animal (d) notebook
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) banana (d) butterfly
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) tomato (c) bookshelf (d) quickly
- 30.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) shore (d) rice
- 31.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) tree (b) book (c) rice (d) port
- 32.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) milk (d) one
- 33.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) fish (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) banana (c) moonlight (d) elephant
- 35.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) bell (d) tree
- 36.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) box (d) pen
- 37.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) end (d) shoe
- 38.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 39.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) tree (d) man
- 40.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) board (d) milk
Answer key
- grandmother
- haircut
- starfish
- playground
- fly
- jellyfish
- popcorn
- ache
- doorbell
- cut
- firefly
- ball
- sunrise
- classroom
- sunglasses
- cake
- work
- book
- corn
- room
- man
- ground
- paste
- side
- cupboard
- bow
- notebook
- butterfly
- bookshelf
- shore
- port
- one
- fish
- moonlight
- bell
- box
- end
- light
- man
- board
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