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) football (b) elephant (c) tomato (d) yellow
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) teacher (c) quickly (d) sunrise
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) bookshelf (b) kitchen (c) yellow (d) beautiful
- 4.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) man (b) tree (c) milk (d) rice
- 5.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) port (c) tree (d) book
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) sunflower (c) running (d) banana
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) homework (b) quickly (c) beautiful (d) running
- 8.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) shoe (d) bee
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) animal (c) wheelchair (d) quickly
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) tomato (c) running (d) newspaper
- 11.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) milk (d) end
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) toothpaste (b) tomato (c) elephant (d) kitchen
- 13.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) fish (d) milk
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) weekend (b) beautiful (c) tomato (d) kitchen
- 15.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) ache (d) pen
- 16.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) mother
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) animal (c) happiness (d) snowman
- 18.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) fish (d) pen
- 19.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) milk (b) box (c) tree (d) pen
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) haircut (b) animal (c) elephant (d) kitchen
- 21.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) shoe (d) book
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) butterfly (c) tomato (d) happiness
- 23.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) pen (b) way (c) milk (d) tree
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) banana (c) pencil (d) elephant
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) beautiful (d) headache
- 26.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) cup (b) work (c) tree (d) pen
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) postman (c) animal (d) kitchen
- 28.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) brow (d) milk
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) umbrella (c) moonlight (d) tomato
- 30.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) shoe (b) road (c) pen (d) cup
- 31.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) horse (d) chair
- 32.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) light
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) pencil (c) banana (d) playground
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) quickly (c) elephant (d) firefly
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) quickly (c) yellow (d) cupboard
- 36.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) shelf (b) sun (c) rain (d) milk
- 37.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) cup (b) milk (c) rice (d) ground
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) eyebrow
- 39.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) cup (b) chair (c) pen (d) man
- 40.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) pan (b) tree (c) shoe (d) milk
Answer key
- football
- sunrise
- bookshelf
- man
- port
- sunflower
- homework
- bee
- wheelchair
- newspaper
- end
- toothpaste
- fish
- weekend
- ache
- mother
- snowman
- fish
- box
- haircut
- book
- butterfly
- way
- jellyfish
- headache
- work
- postman
- brow
- moonlight
- cup
- horse
- light
- playground
- firefly
- cupboard
- shelf
- ground
- eyebrow
- man
- pan
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