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.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) road (b) pen (c) cup (d) shoe
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) newspaper (b) animal (c) elephant (d) teacher
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) happiness (c) beautiful (d) toothpaste
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) railway (c) quickly (d) tomato
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) handbag (c) animal (d) running
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) moonlight (b) kitchen (c) banana (d) animal
- 7.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) book (b) fall (c) pen (d) chair
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) yellow (c) quickly (d) elephant
- 9.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) milk (b) fish (c) chair (d) pen
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) starfish (b) umbrella (c) elephant (d) happiness
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) tomato (c) headache (d) umbrella
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) eyebrow (b) happiness (c) running (d) elephant
- 13.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) brush (b) cup (c) road (d) shoe
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) yellow (c) sunflower (d) animal
- 15.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) milk (d) end
- 16.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) bow
- 17.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) horse (d) milk
- 18.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) tree (b) paper (c) shoe (d) milk
- 19.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) cake (d) pen
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) weekend (c) teacher (d) elephant
- 21.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) way (d) pen
- 22.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) board (b) tree (c) shoe (d) milk
- 23.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) milk (b) room (c) pen (d) tree
- 24.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) pen (b) castle (c) chair (d) milk
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) grandmother (c) quickly (d) animal
- 26.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) milk (d) bowl
- 27.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) box
- 28.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) mother (d) pen
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) beautiful (c) butterfly (d) banana
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) yellow (c) haircut (d) umbrella
- 31.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) shoe (c) pen (d) fly
- 32.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) milk (b) thing (c) pen (d) tree
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) tomato (c) running (d) rainbow
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) umbrella (c) playground (d) banana
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) sunrise (b) teacher (c) banana (d) pencil
- 36.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) paste (d) tree
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) animal (c) umbrella (d) football
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) snowman (c) pencil (d) happiness
- 39.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) bag (b) flower (c) milk (d) chair
- 40.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) milk (b) sun (c) rain (d) shelf
Answer key
- cup
- newspaper
- toothpaste
- railway
- handbag
- moonlight
- fall
- jellyfish
- fish
- starfish
- headache
- eyebrow
- brush
- sunflower
- end
- bow
- horse
- paper
- cake
- weekend
- way
- board
- room
- castle
- grandmother
- bowl
- box
- mother
- butterfly
- haircut
- fly
- thing
- rainbow
- playground
- sunrise
- paste
- football
- snowman
- flower
- shelf
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