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Language Arts Grade 2-3

Language Arts: Compound Words

Building bigger words from two smaller words

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Practice identifying, building, and using compound words made from two smaller words.

Read each problem carefully. Write your answer on the lines provided.

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Building bigger words from two smaller words

Language Arts - Grade 2-3

Instructions: Read each problem carefully. Write your answer on the lines provided.
  1. 1
    A child packs a lunchbox into a backpack near a school.

    Circle the compound word in this sentence: I packed my lunchbox before school.

  2. 2
    A bright sun shines over a large sunflower.

    Combine these two words to make a compound word: sun + flower.

  3. 3
    A toothbrush with toothpaste near a sink.

    Split the compound word into two smaller words: toothbrush.

  4. 4
    A colorful playground with a slide and swings.

    Choose the compound word: cat, playground, jump.

  5. 5
    A frosted cupcake in a paper wrapper.

    Write a compound word that means a small cake baked in a cup-shaped paper.

  6. 6
    A colorful rainbow with clouds and raindrops.

    Fill in the blank with the correct compound word: rain + bow = ____.

  7. 7
    A baseball, bat, and glove on a field.

    Use the compound word baseball in a sentence.

  8. 8
    A blank notebook beside a note paper and book.

    Which two words make the compound word notebook? Choose one: note + book, not + ebook, no + tebook.

  9. 9
    A snowman standing in the snow.

    Combine these two words to make a compound word: snow + man.

  10. 10
    A firefighter climbs a ladder beside a fire truck.

    Read the sentence: The firefighter climbed the ladder. Write the compound word and its two smaller words.

  11. 11

    Is the word apple a compound word? Explain your answer.

  12. 12
    A house, birdhouse, doghouse, and treehouse.

    Make a compound word using the word house. You may put a word before or after house.

  13. 13
    A raincoat and a basketball.

    Match the words to make two compound words: rain, basket, coat, ball. Write the two compound words.

  14. 14
    Cornbread with butter on a breakfast plate.

    Fill in the blank with a compound word: I put butter on my ____ at breakfast. Use bread as one part of the word.

  15. 15
    A child in bed at night with a moon outside.

    Write the two smaller words in the compound word bedtime. Then write a sentence using bedtime.

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