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) pencil (c) beautiful (d) bookshelf
- 2.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) pen (b) rice (c) ball (d) cup
- 3.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) shoe (d) board
- 4.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) shoe (d) road
- 5.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) rice (d) man
- 6.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) bowl (b) chair (c) pen (d) milk
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) bedroom (b) beautiful (c) kitchen (d) tomato
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) beautiful (c) running (d) pancake
- 9.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) paper (b) milk (c) tree (d) shoe
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) butterfly (b) beautiful (c) kitchen (d) quickly
- 11.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) cup (b) work (c) tree (d) pen
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) firefly (c) animal (d) teacher
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) banana (c) toothbrush (d) animal
- 14.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) horse (c) pen (d) milk
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) sunrise (b) banana (c) happiness (d) teacher
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) popcorn
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) elephant (c) beautiful (d) headache
- 18.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) chair (d) bee
- 19.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) bow (d) chair
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) teacher (c) elephant (d) notebook
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) happiness (c) tomato (d) toothpaste
- 22.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) paste (b) chair (c) milk (d) tree
- 23.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) brow (d) chair
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) quickly (c) moonlight (d) banana
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) starfish (b) quickly (c) running (d) beautiful
- 26.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) end (b) milk (c) shoe (d) tree
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) grandmother (b) running (c) banana (d) quickly
- 28.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) bell (b) tree (c) milk (d) rice
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) postman (b) teacher (c) happiness (d) banana
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) tomato (c) teacher (d) handbag
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) snowman (c) happiness (d) teacher
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) weekend (c) running (d) kitchen
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) umbrella (c) airport (d) running
- 34.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) light
- 35.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) mother
- 36.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) flower (b) bag (c) milk (d) chair
- 37.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) cup (c) road (d) brush
- 38.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) fly (d) milk
- 39.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) rain (c) milk (d) shelf
- 40.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) pan (b) tree (c) shoe (d) milk
Answer key
- bookshelf
- ball
- board
- cup
- man
- bowl
- bedroom
- pancake
- paper
- butterfly
- work
- firefly
- toothbrush
- horse
- sunrise
- popcorn
- headache
- bee
- bow
- notebook
- toothpaste
- paste
- brow
- moonlight
- starfish
- end
- grandmother
- bell
- postman
- handbag
- snowman
- weekend
- airport
- light
- mother
- flower
- brush
- fly
- shelf
- pan
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