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) bookshelf (b) tomato (c) beautiful (d) kitchen
- 2.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) tree (d) ache
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) newspaper (b) umbrella (c) happiness (d) beautiful
- 4.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) board (d) milk
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) running (c) happiness (d) weekend
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) yellow (c) toothpaste (d) elephant
- 7.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) fish
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) grandmother (b) elephant (c) running (d) beautiful
- 9.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) cup (d) road
- 10.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) fish
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) postman (b) beautiful (c) running (d) elephant
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) beautiful (c) handbag (d) banana
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) happiness (c) sunglasses (d) tomato
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) teacher (c) elephant (d) headache
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) eyebrow (b) happiness (c) running (d) elephant
- 16.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) room (d) tree
- 17.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) cake (d) pen
- 18.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) light
- 19.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) cup (b) ball (c) pen (d) rice
- 20.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) bee (d) chair
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) yellow (c) beautiful (d) football
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) railway (b) running (c) pencil (d) yellow
- 23.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) milk (b) book (c) cut (d) tree
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) doorbell (c) yellow (d) tomato
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) running (c) tomato (d) wheelchair
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) running (c) quickly (d) sunflower
- 27.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) milk (b) cup (c) rice (d) ground
- 28.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) tree (d) box
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) rainbow (c) quickly (d) yellow
- 30.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) book (d) tree
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) umbrella (c) banana (d) butterfly
- 32.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) castle (d) milk
- 33.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) ground
- 34.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) brow
- 35.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) way (d) milk
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) homework (c) teacher (d) running
- 37.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) chair
- 38.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) pen (b) one (c) tree (d) milk
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) haircut (b) quickly (c) happiness (d) tomato
- 40.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) bag (b) milk (c) tree (d) rice
Answer key
- bookshelf
- ache
- newspaper
- board
- weekend
- toothpaste
- fish
- grandmother
- cup
- fish
- postman
- handbag
- sunglasses
- headache
- eyebrow
- room
- cake
- light
- ball
- bee
- football
- railway
- cut
- doorbell
- wheelchair
- sunflower
- ground
- box
- rainbow
- book
- butterfly
- castle
- ground
- brow
- way
- homework
- chair
- one
- haircut
- bag
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