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) happiness (c) waterfall (d) teacher
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) yellow (c) snowman (d) tomato
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) bedroom (c) banana (d) beautiful
- 4.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) mother (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 5.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) pen (b) fall (c) chair (d) book
- 6.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) cup (b) brush (c) road (d) shoe
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) teacher (c) newspaper (d) running
- 8.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) horse (d) milk
- 9.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) milk (b) room (c) tree (d) shoe
- 10.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) rice (b) bag (c) tree (d) milk
- 11.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) pen (b) ache (c) milk (d) tree
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) elephant (c) beautiful (d) notebook
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) pencil (c) wheelchair (d) running
- 14.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) work (d) tree
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) kitchen (c) umbrella (d) toothbrush
- 16.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) light (d) milk
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) bookshelf (c) yellow (d) tomato
- 18.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) fly (b) pen (c) shoe (d) chair
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) sunglasses (c) quickly (d) elephant
- 20.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) fish (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) tomato (c) toothpaste (d) banana
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) butterfly (b) beautiful (c) umbrella (d) elephant
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) yellow (c) football (d) animal
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) teacher (c) airport (d) banana
- 25.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) chair (d) paste
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) cupboard (b) quickly (c) happiness (d) teacher
- 27.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) tree (d) bell
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) doorbell (b) tomato (c) teacher (d) pencil
- 29.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) tree (d) pan
- 30.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) tree (b) one (c) pen (d) milk
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) railway
- 32.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) way (b) pen (c) milk (d) tree
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) animal (c) tomato (d) eyebrow
- 34.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) man (b) milk (c) rice (d) tree
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) umbrella
- 36.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) rain (b) shelf (c) milk (d) sun
- 37.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) shoe (d) board
- 38.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) bowl (d) milk
- 39.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) chair (b) shoe (c) bee (d) pen
- 40.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) fish (b) milk (c) pen (d) chair
Answer key
- waterfall
- snowman
- bedroom
- mother
- fall
- brush
- newspaper
- horse
- room
- bag
- ache
- notebook
- wheelchair
- work
- toothbrush
- light
- bookshelf
- fly
- sunglasses
- fish
- toothpaste
- butterfly
- football
- airport
- paste
- cupboard
- bell
- doorbell
- pan
- one
- railway
- way
- eyebrow
- man
- jellyfish
- shelf
- board
- bowl
- bee
- fish
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