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: tooth + ___ (a) road (b) brush (c) cup (d) shoe
- 2.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) corn (b) shoe (c) tree (d) pen
- 3.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) chair (b) brow (c) pen (d) milk
- 4.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) ache (b) pen (c) milk (d) tree
- 5.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) paste (b) chair (c) tree (d) milk
- 6.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) ground (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) toothbrush (b) beautiful (c) running (d) tomato
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) butterfly (c) elephant (d) umbrella
- 9.Which is a compound word? (a) newspaper (b) running (c) beautiful (d) happiness
- 10.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) road (b) pen (c) cup (d) shoe
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) pencil (c) moonlight (d) beautiful
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) starfish (c) elephant (d) happiness
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) quickly (c) teacher (d) homework
- 14.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) box
- 15.Which is a compound word? (a) headache (b) running (c) tomato (d) animal
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) toothpaste (b) beautiful (c) kitchen (d) happiness
- 17.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) pencil (c) elephant (d) bookshelf
- 18.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) milk (d) paper
- 19.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) rain (b) milk (c) sun (d) shelf
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) tomato (c) teacher (d) weekend
- 21.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) tree (d) work
- 22.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) fish (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen
- 23.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) ball (b) rice (c) pen (d) cup
- 24.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) mother (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
- 25.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) port (c) tree (d) book
- 26.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) elephant (c) banana (d) doorbell
- 27.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) way (d) milk
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) eyebrow (c) animal (d) beautiful
- 29.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) milk (b) castle (c) pen (d) chair
- 30.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) board (d) tree
- 31.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) shoe (c) fly (d) pen
- 32.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) shore (b) rice (c) chair (d) milk
- 33.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) milk (b) bell (c) tree (d) rice
- 34.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) bag (b) flower (c) milk (d) chair
- 35.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) chair (d) bow
- 36.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) beautiful (c) banana (d) sunglasses
- 37.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) light (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen
- 38.Which is a compound word? (a) handbag (b) teacher (c) yellow (d) pencil
- 39.Make a compound word: star + ___ (a) fish (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) elephant (c) popcorn (d) beautiful
Answer key
- brush
- corn
- brow
- ache
- paste
- ground
- toothbrush
- butterfly
- newspaper
- cup
- moonlight
- starfish
- homework
- box
- headache
- toothpaste
- bookshelf
- paper
- shelf
- weekend
- work
- fish
- ball
- mother
- port
- doorbell
- way
- eyebrow
- castle
- board
- fly
- shore
- bell
- flower
- bow
- sunglasses
- light
- handbag
- fish
- popcorn
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