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