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) elephant (b) running (c) pencil (d) moonlight
- 2.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) book (d) shoe
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) newspaper (c) yellow (d) banana
- 4.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) yellow (c) elephant (d) toothbrush
- 5.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) umbrella (c) kitchen (d) pancake
- 6.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) brush (b) road (c) shoe (d) cup
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) teacher (c) yellow (d) popcorn
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) tomato (c) cupboard (d) animal
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) playground (c) quickly (d) pencil
- 10.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) running (c) quickly (d) bookshelf
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) grandmother (c) beautiful (d) running
- 12.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) chair (b) ground (c) milk (d) pen
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) starfish (b) elephant (c) tomato (d) banana
- 14.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) pen (b) rise (c) chair (d) milk
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) yellow (c) kitchen (d) football
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) running (c) pencil (d) eyebrow
- 17.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) tree (d) paper
- 18.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 19.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) milk (b) bowl (c) pen (d) chair
- 20.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) fly (d) milk
- 21.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) rice (b) chair (c) shore (d) milk
- 22.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) tree (d) man
- 23.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) tree (d) pen
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) yellow (c) teacher (d) snowman
- 25.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) horse
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) pencil (c) animal (d) weekend
- 27.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) box (b) tree (c) pen (d) milk
- 28.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) road (d) shoe
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) toothpaste (c) happiness (d) teacher
- 30.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) book (b) cut (c) tree (d) milk
- 31.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) chair (b) castle (c) milk (d) pen
- 32.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) kitchen (c) happiness (d) rainbow
- 33.Which is a compound word? (a) bedroom (b) happiness (c) umbrella (d) beautiful
- 34.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) bag (b) tree (c) rice (d) milk
- 35.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) work (b) pen (c) cup (d) tree
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) wheelchair (c) tomato (d) pencil
- 37.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) way (d) pen
- 38.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) pen (b) ball (c) cup (d) rice
- 39.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) fall (b) pen (c) chair (d) book
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) butterfly (c) banana (d) yellow
Answer key
- moonlight
- book
- newspaper
- toothbrush
- pancake
- brush
- popcorn
- cupboard
- playground
- bookshelf
- grandmother
- ground
- starfish
- rise
- football
- eyebrow
- paper
- light
- bowl
- fly
- shore
- man
- chair
- snowman
- horse
- weekend
- box
- cup
- toothpaste
- cut
- castle
- rainbow
- bedroom
- bag
- work
- wheelchair
- way
- ball
- fall
- butterfly
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