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) elephant (b) umbrella (c) beautiful (d) sunrise
- 2.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) book (b) shoe (c) milk (d) tree
- 3.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) brush (b) shoe (c) cup (d) road
- 4.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) cut (b) book (c) tree (d) milk
- 5.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) ground (d) pen
- 6.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) chair (b) cup (c) man (d) pen
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) bookshelf (b) animal (c) quickly (d) tomato
- 8.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) cup (d) fly
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) running (c) quickly (d) sunflower
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) firefly (c) happiness (d) umbrella
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) running (c) beautiful (d) sunglasses
- 12.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) tree (b) man (c) milk (d) rice
- 13.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) brow
- 14.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) tree (b) paper (c) shoe (d) milk
- 15.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) tree (b) end (c) shoe (d) milk
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) quickly (c) doorbell (d) tomato
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) football (c) yellow (d) umbrella
- 18.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) railway (c) pencil (d) teacher
- 19.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) shoe (b) road (c) pen (d) cup
- 20.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) rise (d) milk
- 21.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) chair (b) fall (c) book (d) pen
- 22.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) fish (d) pen
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) headache (c) happiness (d) animal
- 24.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) milk (d) bowl
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) newspaper (c) animal (d) running
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) umbrella (c) starfish (d) animal
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) tomato (c) quickly (d) weekend
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) animal (c) tomato (d) moonlight
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) playground (c) teacher (d) umbrella
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) elephant (c) quickly (d) daylight
- 31.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) horse (b) chair (c) pen (d) milk
- 32.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) milk (b) fish (c) pen (d) chair
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) haircut (c) pencil (d) kitchen
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) animal (c) beautiful (d) postman
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) happiness (c) pencil (d) pancake
- 36.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) shoe (b) corn (c) tree (d) pen
- 37.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) milk (d) bow
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) airport (b) elephant (c) beautiful (d) tomato
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) quickly (c) waterfall (d) banana
- 40.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) pen (b) bee (c) shoe (d) chair
Answer key
- sunrise
- book
- brush
- cut
- ground
- man
- bookshelf
- fly
- sunflower
- firefly
- sunglasses
- man
- brow
- paper
- end
- doorbell
- football
- railway
- cup
- rise
- fall
- fish
- headache
- bowl
- newspaper
- starfish
- weekend
- moonlight
- playground
- daylight
- horse
- fish
- haircut
- postman
- pancake
- corn
- bow
- airport
- waterfall
- bee
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