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Compound Word Builders

A Grade 2 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and building compound words.

Grade 2 ELA GrammarLanguage and VocabularyLanguageCompound WordsStructure of Compound Words
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Fill in the BlanksMatchingShort AnswerMultiple ChoiceWord Bank

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.D

Topics

ELAGrade 2Compound WordsVocabularyGrammar
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Compound Word Builders

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Read each section carefully and answer all questions. A compound word is made when two smaller words are joined together to make a new word with a new meaning. For example, 'sun' + 'flower' = 'sunflower'.

Directions: Write the compound word that each pair of words makes.

1. rain + bow =  

2. butter + fly =  

3. foot + ball =  

4. pan + cake =  

5. bed + room =  

Directions: Match the first part of the compound word with its second part.

1. cup

 

a. corn

2. pop

 

b. cake

3. star

 

c. fish

4. jelly

 

d. light

Directions: Write the two smaller words that make up each compound word.

1. snowball:

2. playground:

3. mailbox:

Directions: Circle the compound word in each group.

1. Which is a compound word?

a

apple

b

butterfly

c

table

d

purple

2. Which is a compound word?

a

happy

b

sister

c

sunshine

d

yellow

Directions: Use the words in the word bank to create three compound words. Write them on the lines below.

snow
man
cup
cake
tooth
brush