Compound words are single words that are made up from two other words.
For example, the word "butterfly" is made from the two words "butter"
and "fly".
Compound words
Practicing exercise
I. Fill in each blank with a word from the box to make a compound word.
Do not use a word in the box more than once.
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apple |
barrow |
bed |
box |
door |
excel |
fork |
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grand |
graph |
gun |
home |
laugh |
leader |
man |
out |
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pay |
pen |
rain |
self |
side |
snow |
stone |
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table |
touch |
washer |
way |
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work |
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Compound words
Practicing
exercise-Answer key
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mailbox
2 laughable
3 payroll
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causeway
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throughout
6 sidewalk
7 homeless
8 overdress
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herself
10 tablecloth
11 policeman
12 pitchfork
13 playpen
14 gunfire
15 keystone
16 leadership
17 pineapple
18 snowmobile
19 excellent
20 headache
21 rainbow
22 doorbell
23 cobweb
24 framework
25 touchdown
26 bedspread
27 autograph
28 grandson
29 dishwasher
30 wheelbarrow
Compound
words
Quiz
I. Write sixteen compound words using the words provided in the box. Do
not use a word in the box more than once.
auto |
boat |
bone |
care |
country |
down |
foot |
force |
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fork |
free |
graph |
hill |
hope |
less |
man |
meal |
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nut |
oat |
off |
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pea |
pitch |
rein |
shin |
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some |
spring |
steam |
stop |
vine |
ward |
watch |
yard |
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Compound words
Quiz-Answer
key
1 stopwatch
2 downward
3 foothill
4 peanut
5 reinforce
6 steamboat
7 offspring
8 countryman
9 autograph
10 carefree
11 hopeless
12 oatmeal
13 pitchfork
14 someone
15 vineyard
16 shinbone
Compound words
Test
I. Fill in each blank with a word to make a compound word.
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Compound words
Test –Answer key
1 cutlass
2 battlefield
3
offspring
4
popcorn
5 bobbin
6
backhoe
7 snowshoe
8 dogwood
9
lipstick
10 kidnap
11
profitable
12
overrun
13 furthermore
14
boathouse
15
locksmith
16 doorknob
17 earthworm
18
turnstile
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crosswalk
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skyline
21 floodlight
22
eyewitness
23 broadcasting
24 plaything
25 cowardice
26 peanut
27
jawbone
28 aimless
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southeast
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widespread
31
repellent
32 scarecrow
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ourselves
34 patchwork
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textbook
36 cowgirl
37
mincemeat
38 raincoat
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somewhat
40 billboard
41 beforehand
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