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) animal (b) toothbrush (c) umbrella (d) running
- 2.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) tree (d) corn
- 3.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) way (b) tree (c) milk (d) pen
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) elephant (c) moonlight (d) banana
- 5.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) pen (b) ache (c) tree (d) milk
- 6.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) cup (d) fly
- 7.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) castle (d) pen
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) animal (c) banana (d) cupboard
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) sunrise (c) beautiful (d) elephant
- 10.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) bag (b) milk (c) tree (d) rice
- 11.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) milk (c) shelf (d) rain
- 12.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) chair (b) light (c) pen (d) milk
- 13.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) book (b) pen (c) fall (d) chair
- 14.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) milk (b) brow (c) pen (d) chair
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) snowman (b) teacher (c) tomato (d) yellow
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) teacher (c) playground (d) yellow
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) banana (c) quickly (d) waterfall
- 18.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) cake (c) pen (d) tree
- 19.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) room (d) shoe
- 20.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) shoe (d) road
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) banana (c) haircut (d) pencil
- 22.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) milk (b) rice (c) tree (d) bell
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) eyebrow (c) running (d) teacher
- 24.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) tree (b) glasses (c) pen (d) milk
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) running (c) animal (d) bedroom
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) umbrella (c) happiness (d) toothpaste
- 27.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) milk (b) shore (c) rice (d) chair
- 28.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) rice (b) cup (c) pen (d) ball
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) tomato (c) railway (d) kitchen
- 30.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) thing (d) milk
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) teacher (c) bookshelf (d) running
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) banana (c) butterfly (d) umbrella
- 33.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) tree
- 34.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) paper (b) shoe (c) tree (d) milk
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) yellow (c) headache (d) quickly
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) football (c) pencil (d) banana
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) beautiful (c) elephant (d) jellyfish
- 38.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) pen (b) bowl (c) milk (d) chair
- 39.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) pen (b) side (c) tree (d) milk
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) happiness (c) umbrella (d) daylight
Answer key
- toothbrush
- corn
- way
- moonlight
- ache
- fly
- castle
- cupboard
- sunrise
- bag
- shelf
- light
- fall
- brow
- snowman
- playground
- waterfall
- cake
- room
- cup
- haircut
- bell
- eyebrow
- glasses
- bedroom
- toothpaste
- shore
- ball
- railway
- thing
- bookshelf
- butterfly
- chair
- paper
- headache
- football
- jellyfish
- bowl
- side
- daylight
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