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) tomato (b) teacher (c) grandmother (d) animal
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) waterfall (c) animal (d) running
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) bookshelf (c) umbrella (d) pencil
- 4.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) pen (b) one (c) milk (d) tree
- 5.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) thing (b) pen (c) milk (d) tree
- 6.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) animal (c) beautiful (d) playground
- 8.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) milk (d) glasses
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) football (b) teacher (c) yellow (d) pencil
- 10.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) fly (b) milk (c) cup (d) pen
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) elephant (c) jellyfish (d) umbrella
- 12.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) bee (d) chair
- 13.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) light
- 14.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) cup (b) ground (c) milk (d) rice
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) elephant (c) umbrella (d) cupboard
- 16.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) mother (d) pen
- 17.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) corn (b) shoe (c) tree (d) pen
- 18.Which is a compound word? (a) eyebrow (b) beautiful (c) banana (d) elephant
- 19.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) brow (b) milk (c) pen (d) chair
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) running (c) happiness (d) popcorn
- 21.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) box (d) milk
- 22.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) paste (b) tree (c) milk (d) chair
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) quickly (c) running (d) pancake
- 24.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) rise (d) chair
- 25.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) book (c) port (d) tree
- 26.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) tree (b) ache (c) milk (d) pen
- 27.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) road (d) cup
- 28.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) milk (d) castle
- 29.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) horse (c) pen (d) milk
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) sunflower (c) elephant (d) happiness
- 31.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) milk (b) man (c) tree (d) rice
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) banana (c) toothbrush (d) yellow
- 33.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) fish
- 34.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) cut (b) tree (c) book (d) milk
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) wheelchair
- 36.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) tree (b) cake (c) pen (d) shoe
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) railway (b) running (c) animal (d) quickly
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) airport (c) teacher (d) elephant
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) banana (c) animal (d) toothpaste
- 40.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) milk (d) pan
Answer key
- grandmother
- waterfall
- bookshelf
- one
- thing
- light
- playground
- glasses
- football
- fly
- jellyfish
- bee
- light
- ground
- cupboard
- mother
- corn
- eyebrow
- brow
- popcorn
- box
- paste
- pancake
- rise
- port
- ache
- cup
- castle
- horse
- sunflower
- man
- toothbrush
- fish
- cut
- wheelchair
- cake
- railway
- airport
- toothpaste
- pan
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