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) daylight (b) elephant (c) umbrella (d) happiness
- 2.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) rain (c) milk (d) shelf
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) waterfall (c) kitchen (d) happiness
- 4.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) tree (b) man (c) milk (d) rice
- 5.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) paste (d) tree
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) beautiful (c) elephant (d) sunglasses
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) pencil (c) beautiful (d) moonlight
- 8.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) tree (b) box (c) milk (d) pen
- 9.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) milk (b) bag (c) rice (d) tree
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) running (c) wheelchair (d) beautiful
- 11.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) shore (d) rice
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) yellow (c) tomato (d) haircut
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) bedroom (b) kitchen (c) beautiful (d) elephant
- 14.Which is a compound word? (a) sunrise (b) beautiful (c) banana (d) elephant
- 15.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) book (b) chair (c) fall (d) pen
- 16.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) chair (b) mother (c) pen (d) milk
- 17.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) milk (d) fly
- 18.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) room (d) tree
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) headache (b) yellow (c) teacher (d) animal
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) classroom (c) yellow (d) quickly
- 21.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) pan (d) milk
- 22.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) corn (b) pen (c) tree (d) shoe
- 23.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) bow (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 24.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) rice (b) ground (c) milk (d) cup
- 25.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) starfish (c) beautiful (d) pencil
- 26.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) horse (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) banana (c) umbrella (d) butterfly
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) eyebrow (b) umbrella (c) happiness (d) beautiful
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) bookshelf (c) animal (d) elephant
- 30.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) book (b) rice (c) tree (d) port
- 31.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) pen (b) rise (c) milk (d) chair
- 32.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) castle (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 33.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) paper (d) shoe
- 34.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) milk (d) end
- 35.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) fly (b) pen (c) shoe (d) chair
- 36.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) ground (c) chair (d) milk
- 37.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) milk (b) fish (c) pen (d) chair
- 38.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) work (d) tree
- 39.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) road (c) cup (d) brush
- 40.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) milk (b) rice (c) bell (d) tree
Answer key
- daylight
- shelf
- waterfall
- man
- paste
- sunglasses
- moonlight
- box
- bag
- wheelchair
- shore
- haircut
- bedroom
- sunrise
- fall
- mother
- fly
- room
- headache
- classroom
- pan
- corn
- bow
- ground
- starfish
- horse
- butterfly
- eyebrow
- bookshelf
- port
- rise
- castle
- paper
- end
- fly
- ground
- fish
- work
- brush
- bell
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