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) running (b) pencil (c) umbrella (d) doorbell
- 2.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) pencil (c) notebook (d) running
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) quickly (c) umbrella (d) rainbow
- 4.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) milk (d) rise
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) railway (c) elephant (d) banana
- 6.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) pencil (c) banana (d) bedroom
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) snowman (c) quickly (d) teacher
- 8.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) castle
- 9.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) pan (d) tree
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) tomato (c) beautiful (d) waterfall
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) playground (b) teacher (c) elephant (d) beautiful
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) cupboard (c) animal (d) banana
- 13.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
- 14.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) milk (b) way (c) tree (d) pen
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) yellow (c) banana (d) popcorn
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) newspaper (c) happiness (d) banana
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) headache (b) teacher (c) banana (d) quickly
- 18.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) daylight (c) tomato (d) happiness
- 19.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) milk (d) light
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) quickly (c) haircut (d) teacher
- 21.Which is a compound word? (a) airport (b) banana (c) tomato (d) umbrella
- 22.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) milk (b) rice (c) man (d) tree
- 23.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) cup (d) fly
- 24.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) paper (d) shoe
- 25.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) brow
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) teacher (c) beautiful (d) weekend
- 27.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) milk (b) bag (c) rice (d) tree
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) beautiful (c) toothpaste (d) quickly
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) moonlight (c) yellow (d) beautiful
- 30.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) bowl (d) pen
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) umbrella (c) elephant (d) jellyfish
- 32.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) milk (b) cut (c) tree (d) book
- 33.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) rice (b) ground (c) cup (d) milk
- 34.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) mother
- 35.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) animal (c) starfish (d) pencil
- 36.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) tree (b) corn (c) shoe (d) pen
- 37.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) cake (b) pen (c) tree (d) shoe
- 38.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) chair (b) fish (c) pen (d) milk
- 39.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) box (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) teacher (c) umbrella (d) wheelchair
Answer key
- doorbell
- notebook
- rainbow
- rise
- railway
- bedroom
- snowman
- castle
- pan
- waterfall
- playground
- cupboard
- chair
- way
- popcorn
- newspaper
- headache
- daylight
- light
- haircut
- airport
- man
- fly
- paper
- brow
- weekend
- bag
- toothpaste
- moonlight
- bowl
- jellyfish
- cut
- ground
- mother
- starfish
- corn
- cake
- fish
- box
- wheelchair
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