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) banana (b) handbag (c) quickly (d) pencil
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) pencil (c) animal (d) snowman
- 3.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
- 4.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) pen (d) cake
- 5.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) board (d) milk
- 6.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) shore (d) rice
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) haircut (b) elephant (c) beautiful (d) pencil
- 8.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) ache (d) pen
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) headache (b) happiness (c) elephant (d) teacher
- 10.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) rice (d) bag
- 11.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) chair (b) shoe (c) bee (d) pen
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) quickly (c) moonlight (d) pencil
- 13.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) milk (b) fish (c) chair (d) pen
- 14.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) brow
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) beautiful (c) waterfall (d) kitchen
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) umbrella (c) butterfly (d) beautiful
- 17.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) box (d) milk
- 18.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) fall (d) book
- 19.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) ground (d) chair
- 20.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) bow (d) chair
- 21.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) light (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 22.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) cup (b) brush (c) shoe (d) road
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) pancake (b) happiness (c) banana (d) running
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) kitchen (c) banana (d) railway
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) running (c) umbrella (d) doorbell
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) umbrella (c) quickly (d) jellyfish
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) rainbow (b) quickly (c) beautiful (d) teacher
- 28.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) shoe (d) book
- 29.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) one (d) milk
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) pencil (c) starfish (d) animal
- 31.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) fly (d) shoe
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) banana (c) quickly (d) bookshelf
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) wheelchair (b) kitchen (c) yellow (d) quickly
- 34.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) rain (b) sun (c) shelf (d) milk
- 35.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) tree (b) room (c) milk (d) shoe
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) homework (b) teacher (c) umbrella (d) pencil
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) firefly (b) umbrella (c) tomato (d) elephant
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) classroom (c) elephant (d) running
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) sunglasses (b) banana (c) happiness (d) elephant
- 40.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) pan (b) tree (c) shoe (d) milk
Answer key
- handbag
- snowman
- light
- cake
- board
- shore
- haircut
- ache
- headache
- bag
- bee
- moonlight
- fish
- brow
- waterfall
- butterfly
- box
- fall
- ground
- bow
- light
- brush
- pancake
- railway
- doorbell
- jellyfish
- rainbow
- book
- one
- starfish
- fly
- bookshelf
- wheelchair
- shelf
- room
- homework
- firefly
- classroom
- sunglasses
- pan
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