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) quickly (b) banana (c) teacher (d) firefly
- 2.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) pen (b) mother (c) chair (d) milk
- 3.Which is a compound word? (a) sunglasses (b) banana (c) happiness (d) umbrella
- 4.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) ground
- 5.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) tree (b) paper (c) milk (d) shoe
- 6.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) room (d) milk
- 7.Which is a compound word? (a) moonlight (b) umbrella (c) beautiful (d) kitchen
- 8.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) elephant (c) railway (d) animal
- 9.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) chair (b) light (c) pen (d) milk
- 10.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) shoe (d) book
- 11.Which is a compound word? (a) headache (b) quickly (c) yellow (d) elephant
- 12.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) waterfall (c) banana (d) kitchen
- 13.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) playground (c) tomato (d) animal
- 14.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) castle
- 15.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) book (d) cut
- 16.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) toothpaste (c) beautiful (d) yellow
- 17.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) cup (b) pen (c) milk (d) fly
- 18.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) shore (b) milk (c) chair (d) rice
- 19.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) brush (b) cup (c) road (d) shoe
- 20.Which is a compound word? (a) homework (b) running (c) tomato (d) umbrella
- 21.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) chair (b) cup (c) man (d) pen
- 22.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) yellow (c) running (d) jellyfish
- 23.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) fly (d) chair
- 24.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) airport (c) elephant (d) quickly
- 25.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) book (b) chair (c) fall (d) pen
- 26.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) chair (b) fish (c) pen (d) milk
- 27.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) bow
- 28.Which is a compound word? (a) sunrise (b) beautiful (c) umbrella (d) teacher
- 29.Which is a compound word? (a) toothbrush (b) animal (c) pencil (d) teacher
- 30.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) port (d) book
- 31.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) butterfly (c) banana (d) beautiful
- 32.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) man (d) rice
- 33.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) chair
- 34.Which is a compound word? (a) notebook (b) elephant (c) tomato (d) quickly
- 35.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) glasses (b) milk (c) pen (d) tree
- 36.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) cake (c) pen (d) tree
- 37.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) room (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
- 38.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) tree (b) one (c) pen (d) milk
- 39.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) tree (b) board (c) milk (d) shoe
- 40.Which is a compound word? (a) bedroom (b) running (c) elephant (d) banana
Answer key
- firefly
- mother
- sunglasses
- ground
- paper
- room
- moonlight
- railway
- light
- book
- headache
- waterfall
- playground
- castle
- cut
- toothpaste
- fly
- shore
- brush
- homework
- man
- jellyfish
- fly
- airport
- fall
- fish
- bow
- sunrise
- toothbrush
- port
- butterfly
- man
- chair
- notebook
- glasses
- cake
- room
- one
- board
- bedroom
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