English Worksheet for Kids| Compound Words

A compound word is created when two or more root words are combined to form a new word. A compound in linguistics is a lexeme made up of many stems. The process of word construction that results in compound lexemes is known as compounding, composition, or nominal composition. When two or more words or signs are combined to create a longer word or symbol, it is known as compounding. 

When two or more words join to create a single word or a phrase that functions as a single word, the result is a compound word. Ice cream, firefighter, and up-to-date are a few examples of common compound terms. A compound word is created by joining two or more words, including hyphens. It communicates a unit notion that could be more rapidly communicated by the constituent words in an unconnected succession.

Questions:

1. Write the compound word in the following.

a. sun+flower=

b. Bed+time=

c. cup+board=

2. Separate the compound word in the following.

a. Earphone

b. Football

c. Eyelash

d. doorman

3. Compound words from the box to make a complete word.

BOX, CAKE, BALL, FISH, LIGHT

a. Cup+

b. Foot+

c. Sun+

d. Gold+

e. lunch+

4. Complete the compound word.

a. Egg

b. Pop

c. After

d. Birth

e. Cow

5. Fill in the blanks making the correct compound word.

a. Basket_______.

b. Dog___________

c. rain___________

6. Find the two words that make the correct compound words.

a. paintbrush= ____________+_________

b. notebook=___________+________

c. butterfly=___________+_________

d. backyard=____________+__________

7. Differentiate the compound words in the following:

a. Sunflower

b. Birdhouse

8. Make a compound word by adding the two pictures:

a.

lip                             stick

9. Which word can be placed after “hand”?

a. Made

b. Right

c. Hatch

d. make

10. Which word can be placed before “goat”?

a. Super

b. Spear

c. Escape

d. State

11. Which word can be placed before “box”?

12. Combine a picture to make the complete word?

____________+

box                                        mailbox

13. Which word will come if we combine “fish”+ “bowl”?

14. Which word will come if we combine “ear”+ “ring”?

15. Which word will come if we substitute“wheelchair”?

Answer

1. 

a. sun+flower= sunflower

b. Bed+time= bedtime

c. Cup + board= cupboard

2.  

a. Earphone= ear+phone

b. Football=  foot+ball

c. Eyelash=eye+lash

d. doorman= door+man

3. BOX, CAKE, BALL, FISH, LIGHT

a. Cup+board=cupboard

b. Foot+ball= football

c. Sun+flower= sunflower

d. Gold+fish= goldfish

e. lunch+box= lunchbox

4.

a. Eggless

b. Popcorn

c. Afternoon

d. Birthday

e. Cowdung

5. 

a. Basketball.

b. Doghouse

c. raindrop

6. 

a. paintbrush= paint+brush

b. notebook= note+book

c. butterfly=butter+fly

d. backyard=back+yard

7. 

a. Sunflower= sun + flower

b. birdhouse= bird + house

8. 

a.

lip                       stick

lip+stick= lipstick

9. 

Made word can be placed after “hand”, which will make the word “handmade”. Hence, the correct option is “option A”.

10. 

Super word can be placed before “goat”, which will make the word “supergoat”. Hence, the correct answer is “option A”.

11. 

“ Mail” can be placed before “box”, hence, the word will be “Mailbox”.

12.

MAIL +

box                              mailbox

13.

FISHBOWL word will come if we combine “fish”+ “bowl”.

14. 

EARRING words will come if we combine “ear”+ “ring”.

15.

WHEEL+CHAIR word will come if we substitute“wheelchair”.

Importance of Compound Words Worksheet with Answers

Learning these words becomes much easier when you have the right medium to practice. The practice ground will ensure you use the learned words to solve the questions. This is where the compound word worksheet designed by the experts can be very useful.

The questions framed in this worksheet focus on the fundamental principles of this topic. Solving these questions will enable kids to understand how simple and small words can form compound words.

The Make a Compound Word Worksheet is one example of such activities. Kids will find a set of words in the form of a list. Here, they will have to find a smaller word that matches with another word to form a meaningful compound word.

These worksheets will engage the kids to understand the concepts of compound words well and help them to imbibe the words studied.

Benefits of Solving Compound Words for Kids Worksheet

• As mentioned earlier, the worksheet is designed to offer the ideal medium to practice and solve questions related to compound words. The more they practice, the better they grab the concepts.

• They can easily make a list of compound words and the smaller words they are made of to develop their vocabulary skills.

• Solving these worksheets will help them focus on the concepts well. In this way, they can solve such questions during an exam by understanding the meaning of these words perfectly.

• They will also memorise and remember the correct spelling of these words and solve the Compound Words Exercises easily.

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