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Compound Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 16: Compound words · Set 621 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) kitchen (c) quickly (d) pancake
  2. 2.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) cut (b) book (c) milk (d) tree
  3. 3.Which is a compound word? (a) daylight (b) tomato (c) banana (d) umbrella
  4. 4.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) chair (b) light (c) pen (d) milk
  5. 5.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) fish
  6. 6.Which is a compound word? (a) postman (b) pencil (c) elephant (d) beautiful
  7. 7.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) shoe (d) paper
  8. 8.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) popcorn (c) elephant (d) yellow
  9. 9.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) bow (d) pen
  10. 10.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) sunrise (c) yellow (d) banana
  11. 11.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) shoe (b) chair (c) fly (d) pen
  12. 12.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) running (c) notebook (d) animal
  13. 13.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) tree (b) one (c) pen (d) milk
  14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) tomato (c) railway (d) elephant
  15. 15.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) eyebrow (c) banana (d) yellow
  16. 16.Which is a compound word? (a) waterfall (b) running (c) banana (d) pencil
  17. 17.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) cupboard (c) banana (d) tomato
  18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) homework (b) quickly (c) tomato (d) yellow
  19. 19.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) tree (b) ache (c) milk (d) pen
  20. 20.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) flower (b) milk (c) bag (d) chair
  21. 21.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) box (d) pen
  22. 22.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) milk (d) board
  23. 23.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) elephant (c) classroom (d) quickly
  24. 24.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) beautiful (c) banana (d) handbag
  25. 25.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) milk (c) shelf (d) rain
  26. 26.Which is a compound word? (a) starfish (b) teacher (c) banana (d) elephant
  27. 27.Which is a compound word? (a) football (b) animal (c) umbrella (d) running
  28. 28.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) horse (d) chair
  29. 29.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) tree (b) man (c) rice (d) milk
  30. 30.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) pen (b) fish (c) chair (d) milk
  31. 31.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) animal (c) snowman (d) kitchen
  32. 32.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) pen (b) bee (c) chair (d) shoe
  33. 33.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) wheelchair (c) elephant (d) animal
  34. 34.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) book (d) fall
  35. 35.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) work (b) tree (c) cup (d) pen
  36. 36.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) chair (b) ground (c) milk (d) pen
  37. 37.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) milk (d) bell
  38. 38.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) way (d) tree
  39. 39.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) pencil (c) happiness (d) moonlight
  40. 40.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) banana (c) happiness (d) airport

Answer key

  1. pancake
  2. cut
  3. daylight
  4. light
  5. fish
  6. postman
  7. paper
  8. popcorn
  9. bow
  10. sunrise
  11. fly
  12. notebook
  13. one
  14. railway
  15. eyebrow
  16. waterfall
  17. cupboard
  18. homework
  19. ache
  20. flower
  21. box
  22. board
  23. classroom
  24. handbag
  25. shelf
  26. starfish
  27. football
  28. horse
  29. man
  30. fish
  31. snowman
  32. bee
  33. wheelchair
  34. fall
  35. work
  36. ground
  37. bell
  38. way
  39. moonlight
  40. airport

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