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) kitchen (b) pencil (c) quickly (d) cupboard
- 2.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) way (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
- 3.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) milk (d) light
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) beautiful (c) tomato (d) railway
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) wheelchair (c) beautiful (d) pencil
- 6.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) paste (d) tree
- 7.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) board (b) milk (c) tree (d) shoe
- 8.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) tree (b) work (c) cup (d) pen
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) banana (c) snowman (d) elephant
- 10.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) fly (c) shoe (d) pen
- 11.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) pen (b) thing (c) milk (d) tree
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) teacher (c) waterfall (d) yellow
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) bookshelf (c) teacher (d) pencil
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) pencil (c) football (d) banana
- 15.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) shoe (d) book
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) banana (c) animal (d) daylight
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) yellow (c) happiness (d) moonlight
- 18.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) shoe (d) corn
- 19.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) cake (c) tree (d) pen
- 20.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) ground (d) milk
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) yellow (c) elephant (d) firefly
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) yellow (c) animal (d) weekend
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) beautiful (c) popcorn (d) elephant
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) animal (c) kitchen (d) butterfly
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) umbrella (c) sunflower (d) pencil
- 26.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) ache (b) pen (c) milk (d) tree
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) playground (b) teacher (c) umbrella (d) yellow
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) tomato (c) toothbrush (d) elephant
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) pencil (c) airport (d) teacher
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) rainbow (b) pencil (c) quickly (d) yellow
- 31.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) milk (b) box (c) tree (d) pen
- 32.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) rain (c) milk (d) shelf
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) quickly (c) yellow (d) toothpaste
- 34.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) fish
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) starfish (c) banana (d) umbrella
- 36.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) bee (b) shoe (c) pen (d) chair
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) classroom (c) elephant (d) kitchen
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) tomato (c) pencil (d) doorbell
- 39.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) one (d) pen
- 40.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) road (b) brush (c) shoe (d) cup
Answer key
- cupboard
- way
- light
- railway
- wheelchair
- paste
- board
- work
- snowman
- fly
- thing
- waterfall
- bookshelf
- football
- book
- daylight
- moonlight
- corn
- cake
- ground
- firefly
- weekend
- popcorn
- butterfly
- sunflower
- ache
- playground
- toothbrush
- airport
- rainbow
- box
- shelf
- toothpaste
- fish
- starfish
- bee
- classroom
- doorbell
- one
- brush
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