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: book + ___ (a) shelf (b) rain (c) milk (d) sun
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) grandmother (b) quickly (c) tomato (d) elephant
- 3.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) ground (d) cup
- 4.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen
- 5.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) thing (d) pen
- 6.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) paper (b) tree (c) milk (d) shoe
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) yellow (c) railway (d) elephant
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) toothpaste (b) happiness (c) animal (d) tomato
- 9.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) pen (b) ache (c) tree (d) milk
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) daylight (c) happiness (d) kitchen
- 11.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) fish
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) pancake (c) running (d) beautiful
- 13.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) fly (b) pen (c) chair (d) shoe
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) quickly (c) teacher (d) firefly
- 15.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) pan (d) tree
- 16.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) road (b) cup (c) shoe (d) brush
- 17.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) milk (d) room
- 18.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) board (d) tree
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) bookshelf (b) quickly (c) pencil (d) running
- 20.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) shoe (b) book (c) milk (d) tree
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) beautiful (d) postman
- 22.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) chair
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) airport (c) banana (d) yellow
- 24.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) ball (d) rice
- 25.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) book (d) fall
- 26.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) side
- 27.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) shoe (b) end (c) milk (d) tree
- 28.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) bag (d) flower
- 29.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) rice (b) bell (c) tree (d) milk
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) happiness (c) umbrella (d) starfish
- 31.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) room (b) tree (c) milk (d) pen
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) tomato (c) teacher (d) playground
- 33.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) tree (b) cut (c) milk (d) book
- 34.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) shore (b) chair (c) rice (d) milk
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) running (c) homework (d) pencil
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) elephant (c) butterfly (d) banana
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) umbrella (c) happiness (d) beautiful
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) banana (c) teacher (d) wheelchair
- 39.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) tree (b) book (c) port (d) rice
- 40.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) ground
Answer key
- shelf
- grandmother
- ground
- light
- thing
- paper
- railway
- toothpaste
- ache
- daylight
- fish
- pancake
- fly
- firefly
- pan
- brush
- room
- board
- bookshelf
- book
- postman
- chair
- airport
- ball
- fall
- side
- end
- flower
- bell
- starfish
- room
- playground
- cut
- shore
- homework
- butterfly
- jellyfish
- wheelchair
- port
- ground
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