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) waterfall (b) pencil (c) yellow (d) beautiful
- 2.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) cup (b) man (c) pen (d) chair
- 3.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) mother (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) tomato (c) quickly (d) doorbell
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) kitchen (c) elephant (d) sunflower
- 6.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) bow (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) pencil (c) sunglasses (d) tomato
- 8.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) one (b) tree (c) pen (d) milk
- 9.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) cup (b) ground (c) milk (d) rice
- 10.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) pen (b) way (c) tree (d) milk
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) umbrella (c) banana (d) moonlight
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) snowman (c) animal (d) elephant
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) football (c) animal (d) pencil
- 14.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) horse
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) bedroom (b) happiness (c) umbrella (d) kitchen
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) beautiful (c) pencil (d) sunrise
- 17.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) pan (b) tree (c) milk (d) shoe
- 18.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) rise
- 19.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) milk (b) man (c) rice (d) tree
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) butterfly (c) banana (d) teacher
- 21.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) rice (d) shore
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) beautiful (c) postman (d) yellow
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) pancake (c) running (d) kitchen
- 24.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) room (d) milk
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) toothbrush
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) notebook (b) happiness (c) running (d) yellow
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) handbag (b) happiness (c) kitchen (d) pencil
- 28.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) bell (b) rice (c) milk (d) tree
- 29.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) tree (b) thing (c) milk (d) pen
- 30.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) cake (b) tree (c) pen (d) shoe
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) eyebrow (c) banana (d) running
- 32.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) pen (d) chair
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) bookshelf (b) banana (c) beautiful (d) animal
- 34.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) tree (b) port (c) rice (d) book
- 35.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) rice (b) cup (c) ball (d) pen
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) beautiful (c) teacher (d) newspaper
- 37.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) shelf (c) rain (d) milk
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) pencil (c) umbrella (d) classroom
- 39.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) shoe (d) corn
- 40.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) light (d) pen
Answer key
- waterfall
- man
- mother
- doorbell
- sunflower
- bow
- sunglasses
- one
- ground
- way
- moonlight
- snowman
- football
- horse
- bedroom
- sunrise
- pan
- rise
- man
- butterfly
- shore
- postman
- pancake
- room
- toothbrush
- notebook
- handbag
- bell
- thing
- cake
- eyebrow
- chair
- bookshelf
- port
- ball
- newspaper
- shelf
- classroom
- corn
- light
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