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) animal (c) quickly (d) starfish
- 2.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) pen (b) ache (c) milk (d) tree
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) happiness (c) yellow (d) jellyfish
- 4.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) chair
- 5.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) milk (d) rise
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) running (c) firefly (d) yellow
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) playground (c) quickly (d) yellow
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) yellow (c) notebook (d) teacher
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) haircut (c) quickly (d) beautiful
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) running (c) tomato (d) sunrise
- 11.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) cup (b) man (c) pen (d) chair
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) weekend (c) banana (d) running
- 13.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) pan (b) milk (c) tree (d) shoe
- 14.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) room (d) milk
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) homework (c) elephant (d) quickly
- 16.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) milk (b) mother (c) pen (d) chair
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) bookshelf (c) quickly (d) banana
- 18.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) room (d) milk
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) quickly (c) teacher (d) headache
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) toothpaste (c) teacher (d) tomato
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) grandmother (b) happiness (c) animal (d) banana
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) snowman (b) yellow (c) banana (d) kitchen
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) rainbow (c) animal (d) teacher
- 24.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) shelf (c) rain (d) milk
- 25.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) book (d) fall
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) beautiful (c) postman (d) running
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) pencil (c) umbrella (d) butterfly
- 28.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) milk (b) end (c) tree (d) shoe
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) running (c) pencil (d) cupboard
- 30.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) fly (d) shoe
- 31.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) paper (b) tree (c) shoe (d) milk
- 32.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) milk (b) box (c) tree (d) pen
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) beautiful (c) waterfall (d) quickly
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) happiness (c) sunglasses (d) pencil
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) eyebrow (b) pencil (c) tomato (d) running
- 36.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) tree (d) side
- 37.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) tree (d) cake
- 38.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) shoe (d) road
- 39.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) tree (d) book
- 40.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) rice (c) milk (d) shore
Answer key
- starfish
- ache
- jellyfish
- chair
- rise
- firefly
- playground
- notebook
- haircut
- sunrise
- man
- weekend
- pan
- room
- homework
- mother
- bookshelf
- room
- headache
- toothpaste
- grandmother
- snowman
- rainbow
- shelf
- fall
- postman
- butterfly
- end
- cupboard
- fly
- paper
- box
- waterfall
- sunglasses
- eyebrow
- side
- cake
- cup
- book
- shore
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