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.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) milk (b) paper (c) shoe (d) tree
- 2.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) milk (d) bag
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) newspaper (c) pencil (d) animal
- 4.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) chair (d) fly
- 5.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) ache (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
- 6.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) milk (b) side (c) pen (d) tree
- 7.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) cup (d) ground
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) toothbrush (b) elephant (c) happiness (d) quickly
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) elephant (c) quickly (d) firefly
- 10.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pan (d) shoe
- 11.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) mother
- 12.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) tree (d) corn
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) tomato (c) animal (d) postman
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) yellow (c) teacher (d) pancake
- 15.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) glasses (b) pen (c) milk (d) tree
- 16.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) bowl
- 17.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) cup (c) road (d) brush
- 18.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) one (d) tree
- 19.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) way (b) tree (c) pen (d) milk
- 20.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) chair (b) brow (c) milk (d) pen
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) beautiful (c) animal (d) railway
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) football (c) yellow (d) pencil
- 23.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) quickly (c) umbrella (d) bookshelf
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) toothpaste (b) kitchen (c) teacher (d) elephant
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) yellow (c) cupboard (d) quickly
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) teacher (c) yellow (d) sunflower
- 27.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) tree (b) book (c) milk (d) cut
- 28.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) light
- 29.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) cup (b) tree (c) pen (d) work
- 30.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) umbrella (c) banana (d) headache
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) eyebrow (b) animal (c) elephant (d) umbrella
- 32.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) tree (b) paste (c) chair (d) milk
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) teacher (c) quickly (d) butterfly
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) kitchen (c) airport (d) yellow
- 35.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) chair (b) cup (c) man (d) pen
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) moonlight (b) quickly (c) pencil (d) elephant
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) running (c) sunrise (d) quickly
- 38.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) rice (b) cup (c) pen (d) ball
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) happiness (c) yellow (d) rainbow
- 40.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) milk (b) shore (c) chair (d) rice
Answer key
- paper
- bag
- newspaper
- fly
- ache
- side
- ground
- toothbrush
- firefly
- pan
- mother
- corn
- postman
- pancake
- glasses
- bowl
- brush
- one
- way
- brow
- railway
- football
- bookshelf
- toothpaste
- cupboard
- sunflower
- cut
- light
- work
- headache
- eyebrow
- paste
- butterfly
- airport
- man
- moonlight
- sunrise
- ball
- rainbow
- shore
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