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) quickly (c) postman (d) teacher
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) playground (c) animal (d) running
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) daylight (c) teacher (d) beautiful
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) homework (b) beautiful (c) teacher (d) kitchen
- 5.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) rain (b) milk (c) shelf (d) sun
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) elephant (c) quickly (d) notebook
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) pancake (c) quickly (d) tomato
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) eyebrow
- 9.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) thing
- 10.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) corn (d) tree
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) umbrella (c) running (d) toothpaste
- 12.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) fish (d) chair
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) banana (c) airport (d) yellow
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) yellow (c) running (d) grandmother
- 15.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) shoe (b) chair (c) pen (d) bee
- 16.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) rise (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 17.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) milk (b) cup (c) ground (d) rice
- 18.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) board (b) milk (c) shoe (d) tree
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) teacher (c) sunflower (d) elephant
- 20.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) tree (d) paper
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) elephant (c) yellow (d) bookshelf
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) popcorn (c) umbrella (d) animal
- 23.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) road (c) cup (d) brush
- 24.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) way (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
- 25.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) tree (d) room
- 26.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) brow
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) handbag (b) beautiful (c) tomato (d) yellow
- 28.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) chair (b) book (c) fall (d) pen
- 29.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) shoe (b) cup (c) pen (d) road
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) wheelchair (c) tomato (d) running
- 31.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) man (b) milk (c) tree (d) rice
- 32.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) book (c) tree (d) port
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) cupboard
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) happiness (c) tomato (d) starfish
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) classroom (b) elephant (c) yellow (d) umbrella
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) tomato (c) rainbow (d) running
- 37.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) light (d) milk
- 38.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) milk (b) book (c) shoe (d) tree
- 39.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) bowl
- 40.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) box
Answer key
- postman
- playground
- daylight
- homework
- shelf
- notebook
- pancake
- eyebrow
- thing
- corn
- toothpaste
- fish
- airport
- grandmother
- bee
- rise
- ground
- board
- sunflower
- paper
- bookshelf
- popcorn
- brush
- way
- room
- brow
- handbag
- fall
- cup
- wheelchair
- man
- port
- cupboard
- starfish
- classroom
- rainbow
- light
- book
- bowl
- box
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