KS1 Compound Words | Two Words Joined Together

English Quiz - Compound Words (Questions)

This quiz helps KS1 children recognise two words that when put together make a different word. Compound words adds another dimension to their existing repertoire of English and literacy. The National Curriculum states that Year 1 children should know that they are two separate words that should be spelt as they are and just combined to make one new word.

A compound word is two separate words that have been pushed together. The word football combines the word ‘foot’ and ‘ball’. See how much you know about compound words.

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The word 'playground' combines which two words?

[ ]	play and ground
[ ]	fun and ground
[ ]	play and round
[ ]	playg and round

Which of these words is a compound word?

[ ]	fenceplace
[ ]	farm
[ ]	farmyard
[ ]	home

Which answer is a compound word?

[ ]	children
[ ]	nursery
[ ]	house
[ ]	bedroom

Which answer is a compound word?

[ ]	blackberry
[ ]	fruit
[ ]	tasty
[ ]	delicious

Which answer is a compound word?

[ ]	whiteboard
[ ]	teacher
[ ]	learning
[ ]	lessons

'He sat down on the comfortable armchair and had a cup of tea.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[ ]	down
[ ]	comfortable
[ ]	armchair
[ ]	tea

'He put the birds in the birdcage and slipped their food through the bars.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[ ]	birds
[ ]	birdcage
[ ]	slipped
[ ]	bars

'The hedgehog shuffled under the bush.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[ ]	hedgehog
[ ]	shuffled
[ ]	under
[ ]	bush

'It was hot in the greenhouse but luckily he had shorts on.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[ ]	hot
[ ]	luckily
[ ]	greenhouse
[ ]	shorts

10.

'There was so much rubbish in the dustbin.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[ ]	rubbish
[ ]	in
[ ]	the
[ ]	dustbin

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English Quiz - Compound Words (Answers)

The word 'playground' combines which two words?

[x]	play and ground
[ ]	fun and ground
[ ]	play and round
[ ]	playg and round

A compound word is two words that make sense on their own but when joined together, they make a new word - like playground.

Which of these words is a compound word?

[ ]	fenceplace
[ ]	farm
[x]	farmyard
[ ]	home

The two words have to make sense when you put them together. Although the first answer contains two real words, when put together they don't make sense.

Which answer is a compound word?

[ ]	children
[ ]	nursery
[ ]	house
[x]	bedroom

This is the room where the bed goes, also known as the bedroom!

Which answer is a compound word?

[x]	blackberry
[ ]	fruit
[ ]	tasty
[ ]	delicious

The colour of the berry is black, making it a blackberry. You also have blueberries and strawberries, which are compound words.

Which answer is a compound word?

[x]	whiteboard
[ ]	teacher
[ ]	learning
[ ]	lessons

We used to use blackboards and chalk, then whiteboards and pens and now we use IWB (Interactive White Boards).

'He sat down on the comfortable armchair and had a cup of tea.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[ ]	down
[ ]	comfortable
[x]	armchair
[ ]	tea

You can have an 'arm' and a 'chair' and if you put them together you have an 'armchair'.

'He put the birds in the birdcage and slipped their food through the bars.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[ ]	birds
[x]	birdcage
[ ]	slipped
[ ]	bars

Most parrots live in tropical areas and are often very brightly coloured.

'The hedgehog shuffled under the bush.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[x]	hedgehog
[ ]	shuffled
[ ]	under
[ ]	bush

A group of hedgehogs is called an array.

'It was hot in the greenhouse but luckily he had shorts on.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[ ]	hot
[ ]	luckily
[x]	greenhouse
[ ]	shorts

Greenhouses are designed to heat up and protect flowers and plants that need to survive in warmer climates.

10.

'There was so much rubbish in the dustbin.' Which word in this sentence is the compound word?

[ ]	rubbish
[ ]	in
[ ]	the
[x]	dustbin

One recycled tin could save enough energy to watch television for three hours!