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) pencil (b) running (c) beautiful (d) daylight
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) teacher (c) jellyfish (d) quickly
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) animal (c) haircut (d) elephant
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) rainbow (b) happiness (c) animal (d) quickly
- 5.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) milk (b) ground (c) cup (d) rice
- 6.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) tree (b) paste (c) chair (d) milk
- 7.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) one (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
- 8.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) horse (d) milk
- 9.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) cake (c) tree (d) pen
- 10.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) bell (d) tree
- 11.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) room (d) pen
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) quickly (c) handbag (d) beautiful
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) newspaper (b) quickly (c) happiness (d) yellow
- 14.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) road (b) cup (c) shoe (d) pen
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) quickly (c) moonlight (d) umbrella
- 16.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) ache
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) toothpaste (b) beautiful (c) elephant (d) happiness
- 18.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) tomato (c) railway (d) elephant
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) pancake (c) teacher (d) animal
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) airport (c) beautiful (d) elephant
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) toothbrush (c) teacher (d) banana
- 22.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) paper (d) tree
- 23.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) glasses
- 24.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) corn (d) shoe
- 25.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) milk (b) bowl (c) pen (d) chair
- 26.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) milk (d) mother
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) eyebrow (c) tomato (d) elephant
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) happiness (c) bedroom (d) umbrella
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) umbrella (c) teacher (d) sunflower
- 30.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) way (d) tree
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) animal (c) bookshelf (d) quickly
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) pencil (c) kitchen (d) football
- 33.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) rise (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 34.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) port (c) tree (d) book
- 35.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) man (d) rice
- 36.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) tree (b) cut (c) book (d) milk
- 37.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) light (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 38.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) milk (b) rain (c) shelf (d) sun
- 39.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) milk (d) end
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) running (c) animal (d) butterfly
Answer key
- daylight
- jellyfish
- haircut
- rainbow
- ground
- paste
- one
- horse
- cake
- bell
- room
- handbag
- newspaper
- cup
- moonlight
- ache
- toothpaste
- railway
- pancake
- airport
- toothbrush
- paper
- glasses
- corn
- bowl
- mother
- eyebrow
- bedroom
- sunflower
- way
- bookshelf
- football
- rise
- port
- man
- cut
- light
- shelf
- end
- butterfly
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