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) kitchen (c) beautiful (d) newspaper
- 2.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) pen (b) bow (c) chair (d) milk
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) pencil (c) football (d) umbrella
- 4.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) milk (b) cup (c) fly (d) pen
- 5.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) rice (d) man
- 6.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) milk (b) board (c) tree (d) shoe
- 7.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) book (b) port (c) rice (d) tree
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) animal (c) toothbrush (d) running
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) weekend (c) tomato (d) teacher
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) pancake (c) yellow (d) elephant
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) sunrise (b) running (c) elephant (d) beautiful
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) teacher (c) animal (d) railway
- 13.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) road (b) shoe (c) cup (d) pen
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) playground (b) animal (c) running (d) pencil
- 15.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) ache (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
- 16.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) rain (c) shelf (d) milk
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) running (c) animal (d) grandmother
- 18.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) light (d) pen
- 19.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) castle (d) milk
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) banana (c) teacher (d) notebook
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) bookshelf (c) beautiful (d) banana
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) animal (c) toothpaste (d) happiness
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) doorbell (c) animal (d) elephant
- 24.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) brow
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) waterfall (b) elephant (c) banana (d) tomato
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) rainbow (c) quickly (d) banana
- 27.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) tree (b) cup (c) pen (d) work
- 28.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) tree (b) bell (c) rice (d) milk
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) postman (c) happiness (d) beautiful
- 30.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) shoe (d) room
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) tomato (c) homework (d) animal
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) cupboard (c) umbrella (d) pencil
- 33.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) corn (d) pen
- 34.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) milk (b) bag (c) rice (d) tree
- 35.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) rise (c) pen (d) chair
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) happiness (c) banana (d) popcorn
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) snowman (b) animal (c) beautiful (d) banana
- 38.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) chair (d) fly
- 39.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) ball (b) rice (c) pen (d) cup
- 40.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) fish (d) milk
Answer key
- newspaper
- bow
- football
- fly
- man
- board
- port
- toothbrush
- weekend
- pancake
- sunrise
- railway
- cup
- playground
- ache
- shelf
- grandmother
- light
- castle
- notebook
- bookshelf
- toothpaste
- doorbell
- brow
- waterfall
- rainbow
- work
- bell
- postman
- room
- homework
- cupboard
- corn
- bag
- rise
- popcorn
- snowman
- fly
- ball
- fish
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