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) waterfall (b) banana (c) umbrella (d) happiness
- 2.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) rice (c) milk (d) shore
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) tomato (c) elephant (d) homework
- 4.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) pen (b) fly (c) chair (d) shoe
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) airport (b) teacher (c) kitchen (d) yellow
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) jellyfish (c) animal (d) running
- 7.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) book (d) fall
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) pancake (b) quickly (c) happiness (d) animal
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) toothbrush (c) happiness (d) tomato
- 10.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) ground (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 11.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) chair (b) bag (c) milk (d) flower
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) moonlight (c) yellow (d) kitchen
- 13.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) milk (b) bow (c) chair (d) pen
- 14.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) milk (d) rise
- 15.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) paste (d) tree
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) quickly (c) grandmother (d) umbrella
- 17.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) cup (b) rice (c) ground (d) milk
- 18.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) beautiful (c) toothpaste (d) pencil
- 19.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) banana (c) quickly (d) handbag
- 20.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) mother (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
- 21.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) pen (b) work (c) tree (d) cup
- 22.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) corn (b) shoe (c) pen (d) tree
- 23.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) board (d) tree
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) elephant (c) animal (d) eyebrow
- 25.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) paper (d) shoe
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) banana (c) teacher (d) bedroom
- 27.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) quickly (c) yellow (d) bookshelf
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) beautiful (c) cupboard (d) happiness
- 29.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) one
- 30.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) shoe (d) end
- 31.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) room
- 32.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) milk (b) book (c) cut (d) tree
- 33.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) shoe (d) road
- 34.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) box
- 35.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) brow
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) elephant (c) quickly (d) headache
- 37.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) kitchen (c) daylight (d) quickly
- 38.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) milk (d) pan
- 39.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) butterfly (c) beautiful (d) animal
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) umbrella (c) animal (d) railway
Answer key
- waterfall
- shore
- homework
- fly
- airport
- jellyfish
- fall
- pancake
- toothbrush
- ground
- flower
- moonlight
- bow
- rise
- paste
- grandmother
- ground
- toothpaste
- handbag
- mother
- work
- corn
- board
- eyebrow
- paper
- bedroom
- bookshelf
- cupboard
- one
- end
- room
- cut
- cup
- box
- brow
- headache
- daylight
- pan
- butterfly
- railway
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