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) airport (b) happiness (c) pencil (d) teacher
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) firefly (b) running (c) beautiful (d) banana
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) teacher (c) umbrella (d) quickly
- 4.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) rice (b) cup (c) pen (d) ball
- 5.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) one (d) milk
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) happiness (d) starfish
- 7.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) mother
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) tomato (c) rainbow (d) teacher
- 9.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) cup (b) milk (c) fly (d) pen
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) snowman (b) happiness (c) kitchen (d) quickly
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) headache (c) quickly (d) banana
- 12.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) fish
- 13.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) tree (b) work (c) pen (d) cup
- 14.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) paper (b) tree (c) milk (d) shoe
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) pencil (c) sunrise (d) yellow
- 16.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) milk (b) room (c) tree (d) pen
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) elephant (c) eyebrow (d) animal
- 18.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) tree (d) cake
- 19.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) tree (b) chair (c) paste (d) milk
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) football (b) umbrella (c) yellow (d) happiness
- 21.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) room (d) milk
- 22.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) milk (b) rice (c) tree (d) bag
- 23.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) board (b) shoe (c) milk (d) tree
- 24.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) rise (c) chair (d) pen
- 25.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) pan (b) tree (c) shoe (d) milk
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) wheelchair (b) elephant (c) quickly (d) kitchen
- 27.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) shoe (c) pen (d) fly
- 28.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) chair (b) ground (c) milk (d) pen
- 29.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) tomato (c) classroom (d) animal
- 31.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) brow (d) milk
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) animal (c) weekend (d) umbrella
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) pancake (c) quickly (d) running
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) teacher (c) running (d) cupboard
- 35.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) pen (d) way
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) popcorn (b) banana (c) tomato (d) elephant
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) homework (c) animal (d) running
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) bookshelf (b) teacher (c) pencil (d) happiness
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) postman (c) beautiful (d) quickly
- 40.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) thing (b) pen (c) milk (d) tree
Answer key
- airport
- firefly
- jellyfish
- ball
- one
- starfish
- mother
- rainbow
- fly
- snowman
- headache
- fish
- work
- paper
- sunrise
- room
- eyebrow
- cake
- paste
- football
- room
- bag
- board
- rise
- pan
- wheelchair
- fly
- ground
- light
- classroom
- brow
- weekend
- pancake
- cupboard
- way
- popcorn
- homework
- bookshelf
- postman
- thing
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