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) beautiful (b) postman (c) banana (d) kitchen
- 2.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) tomato (c) running (d) popcorn
- 4.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) tree (d) end
- 5.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) milk (b) cup (c) ground (d) rice
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) doorbell (b) quickly (c) animal (d) elephant
- 7.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) milk (d) pan
- 8.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) castle (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 9.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) milk (b) light (c) pen (d) chair
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) beautiful (c) waterfall (d) pencil
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) yellow (c) football (d) happiness
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) beautiful (d) newspaper
- 13.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) milk (d) thing
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) sunglasses (b) animal (c) elephant (d) banana
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) playground (b) tomato (c) banana (d) umbrella
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) running (c) homework (d) banana
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) grandmother (c) quickly (d) umbrella
- 18.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) firefly (c) happiness (d) umbrella
- 19.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) light (b) chair (c) pen (d) milk
- 20.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) bowl (b) chair (c) pen (d) milk
- 21.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) rice (d) bell
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) teacher (c) umbrella (d) butterfly
- 23.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) man (d) chair
- 24.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) cake (d) shoe
- 25.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) cut (d) book
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) kitchen (c) elephant (d) sunflower
- 27.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) room
- 28.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) book (d) shoe
- 29.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) fly (d) shoe
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) starfish (b) happiness (c) animal (d) running
- 31.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) cup (c) road (d) brush
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) rainbow (c) teacher (d) running
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) eyebrow (c) pencil (d) umbrella
- 34.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) rain (b) milk (c) sun (d) shelf
- 35.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) milk (b) board (c) shoe (d) tree
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) sunrise (b) tomato (c) pencil (d) yellow
- 37.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) fish
- 38.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) ground (b) chair (c) pen (d) milk
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) haircut (c) happiness (d) teacher
- 40.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) pen (b) mother (c) chair (d) milk
Answer key
- postman
- chair
- popcorn
- end
- ground
- doorbell
- pan
- castle
- light
- waterfall
- football
- newspaper
- thing
- sunglasses
- playground
- homework
- grandmother
- firefly
- light
- bowl
- bell
- butterfly
- man
- cake
- cut
- sunflower
- room
- book
- fly
- starfish
- brush
- rainbow
- eyebrow
- shelf
- board
- sunrise
- fish
- ground
- haircut
- mother
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