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Grade 1 Compound Words Worksheet with Answers
Grade 1 (US) · Year 2 (UK) · Class 1 (India) · English
Unit 5: Going FurtherAdvanced: Grade 2 PreviewCCSS L.2.4dAdvanced
Joining two small words into one and using the parts to work out the meaning. This free early elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Grade 1 · English
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Learning goal: Advanced: Grade 2 Preview · CCSS L.2.4d
Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer on the line.
Join the words to make a compound word: star + fish
Answer: starfish
RememberCompound words
- 1
Split the compound word into two words: butterfly
- 2
Join the words to make a compound word: sun + flower
- 3
Join the words to make a compound word: snow + man
- 4
Split the compound word into two words: lighthouse
- 5
Split the compound word into two words: grasshopper
- 6
Split the compound word into two words: playground
- 7
Which word is a compound word: 'sunset', 'sunny' or 'sudden'?
- 8
Join the words to make a compound word: rain + bow
- 9
Split the compound word into two words: homework
- 10
Split the compound word into two words: notebook
- 11
What is a 'doghouse'? Use the two smaller words to explain.
- 12
Join the words to make a compound word: foot + ball
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
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Answer key — Compound Words (Grade 1)
- 1.butter + fly
- 2.sunflower
- 3.snowman
- 4.light + house
- 5.grass + hopper
- 6.play + ground
- 7.sunset
- 8.rainbow
- 9.home + work
- 10.note + book
- 11.a house for a dog
- 12.football
- ★a map
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- 1.butter + fly
- 2.sunflower
- 3.snowman
- 4.light + house
- 5.grass + hopper
- 6.play + ground
- 7.sunset
- 8.rainbow
- 9.home + work
- 10.note + book
- 11.a house for a dog
- 12.football
- ★a map (challenge corner)
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