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) pencil (b) beautiful (c) quickly (d) snowman
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) pencil (c) elephant (d) toothbrush
- 3.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) brush (c) cup (d) road
- 4.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) milk (b) one (c) pen (d) tree
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) football (c) umbrella (d) tomato
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) firefly (b) teacher (c) running (d) tomato
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) banana (c) waterfall (d) tomato
- 8.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) thing (b) tree (c) milk (d) pen
- 9.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) tree (d) box
- 10.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) man (d) tree
- 11.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) book (d) shoe
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) kitchen (c) bookshelf (d) tomato
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) sunglasses (c) umbrella (d) elephant
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) running (c) classroom (d) elephant
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) elephant (c) beautiful (d) sunflower
- 16.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) rice (d) bag
- 17.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) milk (d) bow
- 18.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) bedroom (c) pencil (d) quickly
- 19.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) pen (b) work (c) tree (d) cup
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) running (c) happiness (d) grandmother
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) beautiful (c) kitchen (d) railway
- 22.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) paper (b) milk (c) tree (d) shoe
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) postman (c) animal (d) running
- 24.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) fish (b) chair (c) pen (d) milk
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) yellow (c) teacher (d) animal
- 26.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) ache (d) pen
- 27.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) cup (d) ground
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) elephant (c) kitchen (d) moonlight
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) beautiful (c) tomato (d) handbag
- 30.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) pen (b) fish (c) milk (d) chair
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) rainbow (b) yellow (c) animal (d) pencil
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) newspaper (b) pencil (c) tomato (d) animal
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) quickly (c) weekend (d) banana
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) beautiful (c) notebook (d) pencil
- 35.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) kitchen (c) yellow (d) homework
- 37.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) board (d) tree
- 38.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) tree (d) cake
- 39.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) corn (b) shoe (c) pen (d) tree
- 40.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) rise
Answer key
- snowman
- toothbrush
- brush
- one
- football
- firefly
- waterfall
- thing
- box
- man
- book
- bookshelf
- sunglasses
- classroom
- sunflower
- bag
- bow
- bedroom
- work
- grandmother
- railway
- paper
- postman
- fish
- jellyfish
- ache
- ground
- moonlight
- handbag
- fish
- rainbow
- newspaper
- weekend
- notebook
- light
- homework
- board
- cake
- corn
- rise
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