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COMPOUND NOUNS

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this?

a)

arm + chair = armchair

b)

hand + chair = handchair

c)

finger + chair = fingerchair

2.

Who is he/she?

a)

hair + dress = hairdress

b)

hair + dry = hairdry

c)

hair + dresser = hairdresser

3.

What is this?

a)

light + home = lighthome

b)

light + house = lighthouse

c)

lamp + house = lamphouse

4.

What is this?

a)

note + book = notebook

b)

paper + book = paperbook

c)

sheet + book = sheetbook

5.

Who is she?

a)

grand + mother = grandmother

b)

grand + father = grandfather

c)

grand + parents = grandparents

6.

What is this?

a)

bike + stop = bike stop

b)

train + stop = train stop

c)

bus + stop = bus stop

7.

What is this?

a)

girl + bug = girlbug

b)

lady + bug = ladybug

c)

woman + bug = womanbug

8.

What is this?

a)

grass + hopper = grasshopper

b)

tree + hopper = treehopper

c)

plant + hopper = planthopper

9.

What is this?

a)

net + ball = netball

b)

foot + ball = football

c)

basket + ball = basketball

10.

Who is he?

a)

fire + woman = firewoman

b)

fire + man = fireman

c)

fire + boy = fireboy

11.

What is this?

a)

life + coat = life coat

b)

life + boat = lifeboat

c)

life + jacket = life jacket

12.

What is this?

a)

ice + skating = ice skating

b)

ice + berg = iceberg

c)

ice + water = ice water

13.

Who is she?

a)

home + wife = homewife

b)

house + wife = housewife

c)

house + girl = housegirl

14.

What is this?

a)

foot + ball = football

b)

foot + ink = footink

c)

foot + print = footprint

15.

What is this?

a)

book + stall = bookstall

b)

book + case = bookcase

c)

book + store = bookstore

16.

What are they?

a)

chop + wood = chopwood

b)

knife + sticks = knife sticks

c)

chop + sticks = chopsticks

17.

What is this?

a)

news + paper = newspaper

b)

sound + paper = soundpaper

c)

news + note = newsnote

18.

What is this?

a)

wet + bow = wetbow

b)

rain + bow = rainbow

c)

cloud + bow = cloudbow

19.

What is this?

a)

egg + soil = eggsoil

b)

egg + tree = eggtree

c)

egg + plant = eggplant

20.

What is this?

a)

fish + bowl = fishbowl

b)

fish + cup = fishcup

c)

fish + pint = fishpint

21.

What's this?

a)

foot ball

b)

football

c)

feetball

d)

footsballs

22.

What's this?

a)

cakepan

b)

potsweet

c)

pancake

d)

pan cake

23.

What's are these?

a)

sunglasses

b)

sun glasses

c)

hot glass

d)

starglasses

24.

What's this?

a)

teeth paste

b)

tooth brush

c)

toothbrush

d)

tooth hair

25.
Which compound noun can you form with ALARM?
a)
clock
b)
opener
c)
measure
d)
brush
26.
Which compound noun can you form with BASE?
a)
clock
b)
stick
c)
ball
d)
brush
27.
Which compound noun can you form with LIGHT?
a)
measure
b)
switch
c)
ball
d)
opener
28.
Which compound noun can you form with LIP?
a)
reel
b)
switch
c)
stick
d)
opener
29.
Which compound noun can you form with TOOTH?
a)
reel
b)
brush
c)
measure
d)
opener
30.
He wants to invite Jamie to his _________.
a)
classmate
b)
pancake
c)
birthday
d)
daydream
31.
She was in the kitchen when the ____ rang.
a)
earthquake
b)
bulldog
c)
doorbell
d)
gateway
32.
TRUE or FALSE?
Compound words usually consist of two words (two components).
a)
True
b)
False
33.
TRUE or FALSE?
Compound words are ALWAYS 
written separately.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
TRUE or FALSE?
Compound words are ALWAYS 
written as one word.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
TRUE or FALSE?
Compound words 
may be written separately, with a hyphen (-).
a)
True
b)
False
36.
TRUE or FALSE?
The stress in a compound noun is always on the second word of the noun:
paper.CLIP.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Which compound noun can you form with CAN?
a)
measure
b)
stick
c)
ball
d)
opener
38.
KLIA is a modern__________.
a)
classroom
b)
airport
c)
aircraft
d)
marketplace
39.
The ___________ is very polite to his customers.
a)
policeman
b)
shopkeeper
c)
classmate
d)
fireman
40.
Lee Ann's father loves to eat _____ while watching television.
a)
eggplant
b)
catfish
c)
groundnuts
d)
buttercup
41.

It's ...

a)

a book deal

b)

popular press

c)

a postcard

d)

public library

42.

It's a sauce_________.

a)

boat

b)

box

c)

pan

d)

table

43.

I’ve got to pick up a package at the post ___________.

a)

man

b)

office

c)

book

44.

We put a ____________ in the garden to chase birds away.

a)

runway

b)

sunshade

c)

scarecrow

45.

Sherrie is upset because she lost an ______________.

a)

input

b)

earring

c)

friendship

46.

I’d love to learn to pilot an ____________

a)

boat

b)

airplane

c)

submarine

47.

I’m going to the barber for a _____________.

a)

trim

b)

new style

c)

hair cut

48.

Do you prefer peppermint or cinnamon flavored _____________?

a)

cookies

b)

toothpaste

c)

applesauce

49.

Door

a)

frame

b)

handle

c)

way

50.

Child

a)

hood

b)

ren

c)

play

51.

Sun

a)

day

b)

glasses

c)

heat

52.

Fund

a)

driver

b)

seat

c)

raiser

53.
Which compound noun can you form with NEWS?
a)
reel
b)
switch
c)
stick
d)
opener
54.
Which compound noun can you form with TAPE?
a)
reel
b)
switch
c)
measure
d)
opener
55.

A machine for washing clothes.

(a)  

56.

School work done out of lessons especially at home.

(a)  

57.

A holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple.

(a)  

58.

A woman's purse

(a)  

59.

This person is your father's father.

(a)  

60.

A small brush for cleaning your teeth.

(a)