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) happiness (c) teacher (d) sunglasses
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) butterfly (c) pencil (d) quickly
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) tomato (c) animal (d) football
- 4.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) shore (d) chair
- 5.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) fly (d) chair
- 6.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) room (b) tree (c) shoe (d) milk
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) postman (b) umbrella (c) banana (d) quickly
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) sunrise (c) quickly (d) kitchen
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) quickly (c) popcorn (d) elephant
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) quickly (c) waterfall (d) kitchen
- 11.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) tree (d) chair
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) elephant (c) classroom (d) running
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) yellow (c) teacher (d) starfish
- 14.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) bell (b) rice (c) tree (d) milk
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) daylight (c) happiness (d) tomato
- 16.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) tree (d) work
- 17.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) fish (d) pen
- 18.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) bag (d) flower
- 19.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) tree (d) pan
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) doorbell (b) pencil (c) kitchen (d) yellow
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) pencil (c) firefly (d) running
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) yellow (c) running (d) weekend
- 23.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) castle (d) chair
- 24.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) road (c) cup (d) brush
- 25.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) pen (d) thing
- 26.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) cut (b) milk (c) book (d) tree
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) running (c) teacher (d) rainbow
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) sunflower (c) beautiful (d) happiness
- 29.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) tree (b) way (c) milk (d) pen
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) happiness (c) quickly (d) grandmother
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) homework (b) yellow (c) elephant (d) teacher
- 32.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) ground (b) rice (c) milk (d) cup
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) pancake (c) quickly (d) animal
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) happiness (c) toothpaste (d) tomato
- 35.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) book (b) pen (c) chair (d) fall
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) pencil (c) quickly (d) kitchen
- 37.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) milk (d) light
- 38.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) milk (d) book
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) banana (c) newspaper (d) running
- 40.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) cup (b) man (c) pen (d) chair
Answer key
- sunglasses
- butterfly
- football
- shore
- fly
- room
- postman
- sunrise
- popcorn
- waterfall
- chair
- classroom
- starfish
- bell
- daylight
- work
- fish
- flower
- pan
- doorbell
- firefly
- weekend
- castle
- brush
- thing
- cut
- rainbow
- sunflower
- way
- grandmother
- homework
- ground
- pancake
- toothpaste
- fall
- jellyfish
- light
- book
- newspaper
- man
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