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) elephant (c) happiness (d) animal
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) elephant (c) starfish (d) animal
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) moonlight (b) teacher (c) elephant (d) beautiful
- 4.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) tree (d) corn
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) bookshelf (b) umbrella (c) yellow (d) pencil
- 6.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) tree (b) rice (c) bell (d) milk
- 7.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) end (d) shoe
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) toothbrush (c) elephant (d) tomato
- 9.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) shoe (d) book
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) quickly (c) football (d) elephant
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) animal (c) running (d) kitchen
- 12.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) room (d) milk
- 13.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) bow
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) quickly (c) yellow (d) snowman
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) running (c) quickly (d) toothpaste
- 16.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) box (d) tree
- 17.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) ache (d) tree
- 18.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) pen (b) road (c) cup (d) shoe
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) firefly (c) yellow (d) teacher
- 20.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) side
- 21.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) mother
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) running (c) teacher (d) sunrise
- 23.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 24.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) ground (b) cup (c) milk (d) rice
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) banana (c) cupboard (d) kitchen
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) notebook (b) elephant (c) kitchen (d) umbrella
- 27.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) milk (d) castle
- 28.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) pen (b) room (c) milk (d) tree
- 29.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) cut (b) book (c) milk (d) tree
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) elephant (c) kitchen (d) wheelchair
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) running (c) eyebrow (d) happiness
- 32.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) thing
- 33.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) road (b) brush (c) shoe (d) cup
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) tomato (c) newspaper (d) beautiful
- 35.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) light (d) chair
- 36.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) rain (c) milk (d) shelf
- 37.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) bag (b) milk (c) tree (d) rice
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) grandmother (c) running (d) happiness
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) playground (c) yellow (d) quickly
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) beautiful (c) teacher (d) haircut
Answer key
- airport
- starfish
- moonlight
- corn
- bookshelf
- bell
- end
- toothbrush
- book
- football
- jellyfish
- room
- bow
- snowman
- toothpaste
- box
- ache
- cup
- firefly
- side
- mother
- sunrise
- chair
- ground
- cupboard
- notebook
- castle
- room
- cut
- wheelchair
- eyebrow
- thing
- brush
- newspaper
- light
- shelf
- bag
- grandmother
- playground
- haircut
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