Identifying

Compound Words
Read the following sentences.

1. The ladybug landed on a leaf one

early morning.
2. They wanted aphids for breakfast.
3. The grouchy ladybug saw a stag
beetle and wanted to fight with it.
4. The praying mantis prepared to fight
with the ladybug.
5. The one-day old aphids were eaten
by the bugs.
What are the underlined words in the
sentence?

ladybugs breakfast

stag praying
beetle mantis

one-day
What can you say about these
words?
They are made up of 2
words.
What words can you find in these
words?

lady +
break + fast
bug

stag + praying +
beetle mantis

one + day
Can you think of other
words which are
combinations of two
words?
Compound
Words
Acompound word is made of
two words joined to form a new
word. There are three different
kinds of compound words.
 One-word compound is
written as one whole word.
 Two–word compound is
written as two separate words.
 Hyphenated compound is
written with a hyphen separating
the two words.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

baseball one-half
handshake report card twenty-one
newspaper fairy tale sister-in-law
x-ray
sunshine love letter
rainbow
Read the paragraph. Identify the
compound words. Say if it is a
one-word compound, two-
word compound or a
hyphenated compound
word.
 Janna loves to visit her grandmother in
her farmyard on weekends. She loves to sit
with her Lola Marta on the rocking chair
and watch the fireflies at night. Lola Marta
always reads fairy tales to Janna before
bedtime. She also shows her how to cook
pancakes in the frying pan. Janna proudly
claims that she made forty-four cookies one
weekend and shared one-half of them with
the vice-president of their homeowners’
club.
One-word Hyphenated Two-word
compound compound compound
words
grandmother forty-four rocking chair
farmyard one-half fairy tales
weekends vice-
president
frying pan
fireflies
bedtime
pancakes
homeowner
Match the words in Column 1 with
the words in Column 2 to form one-
word compound words. Then,
complete the sentences using the
words formed. Do this on a
separate sheet of paper.
 Column 1 Column 2
birth mates
air day
class port

1. We attended my cousin’s _________

party.

2. Their house was near the __________.

We saw a lot of planes.

3. Most of those who were in the party were

her _________________.
birthday

airport

classmates.
Combine the words in the
parentheses to form
hyphenated compound
words. Write your answers
on a separate sheet of paper.
 
1.Mr. Cruz is the _______________ of my
teacher. (father + in + law)

2. Riding the _________________ (merry

+ go + round) is really fun.

3. We saw Peter going to the store to buy

an _______________ medicine. He said
he hurt his foot. (over + the + counter)
4. The ________________ helped Mr. Cruz
by giving him a wheelchair. (security +
guard)

5. The man brought Mr. Cruz to the

_____________________.
(emergency + room)

6. He was in such a hurry that he did not see

the ______________ blocking his way. Mr.
Cruz told him to be careful. (trash + can)
 father-in-law security guard

merry-go-round trash can

over-the-counter emergency room

Find the two words that make up
the compound words.
1. Basketball =_____________+_______________
2. Doghouse =_____________+_______________
3. Raindrop =_____________+_______________
4. Cupcake =_____________+_______________
5. Paintbrush =_____________+_______________
6. Popcorn =_____________+_______________
7. Notebook =_____________+_______________
8. Sunlight =_____________+_______________
9. Butterfly =_____________+_______________
10. fireplace =_____________+_______________
Use the word from the box
below to form compound words.

cake
paste
robe
paper
berry
ball
plane
1. News + _______________ =__________________

2. Pan + _______________ =__________________

3. Bath + _______________ =__________________

4. Air + _______________ =__________________

5. Straw + _______________ =__________________

6. Tooth + _______________ =__________________

7. Basket + _______________ =__________________

8. Base + _______________ =__________________

ASSIGNMENT. Directions: Identify the
compound words used in the poem.

Animal Homes
Author Unknown

A spider lives in a
cobweb.
A dog in the dog house.
A worm in the tunnel
underground
While horses stay in a
barnyard.
No bedroom, nor bed
Just a cozy place to
sleep.