Compound Words for Class 2
When two or more words are joined together to make a new word that has a different meaning is called a compound word.
If a word sun and flower joined together it makes a new word sunflower.
Sun + flower = Sunflower
Let us learn more compound words.
| After | + | Noon | = | Afternoon |
| Air | + | Port | = | Airport |
| Any | + | One | = | Anyone |
| Back | + | Ground | = | Background |
| Basket | + | Ball | = | Basketball |
| Bed | + | Room | = | Bedroom |
| Card | + | Board | = | Cardboard |
| Door | + | Stop | = | Doorstop |
| Dead | + | Line | = | Deadline |
| Earth | + | Quake | = | Earthquake |
| Earth | + | Worm | = | Earthworm |
| Foot | + | Prints | = | Footprints |
| Foot | + | Ball | = | Football |
| Good | + | Night | = | Goodnight |
| Grand | + | Mother | = | Grandmother |
| House | + | Hold | = | Household |
| How | + | Ever | = | However |
| It | + | Self | = | Itself |
| Jack | + | Pot | = | Jackpot |
| Key | + | Board | = | Keyboard |
| Life | + | Time | = | Lifetime |
| Life | + | Line | = | Lifeline |
| Match | + | Box | = | Matchbox |
| News | + | Paper | = | Newspaper |
| Near | + | By | = | Nearby |
| Over | + | Flow | = | Overflow |
| Pan | + | Cake | = | Pancake |
| Pass | + | Port | = | Passport |
| Rain | + | Paste | = | Toothpaste |
| Rubber | + | Band | = | Rubberband |
| Sand | + | Stone | = | Sandstone |
| Skate | + | Board | = | Skateboard |
| Some | + | Times | = | Sometimes |
| Some | + | Thing | = | Something |
| Team | + | Work | = | Teamwork |
| Teen | + | Ager | = | Teenager |
| Them | + | Selves | = | Themselves |
| Thunder | + | Storm | = | thunderstorm |
| Tooth | + | Paste | = | Toothpaste |
| Under | + | Ground | = | underground |
| Up | + | Ward | = | Upward |
| Water | + | Melon | = | Watermelon |
| Watch | + | Man | = | Watchman |
| Water | + | Fall | = | Waterfall |
| With | + | Out | = | Without |
Compound Words for Class 2 Worksheet
Exercise: 1
Join the words and make a new word.
- Sun + glasses =
- Gold + fish =
- Butter + fly =
- Wheel + chair =
- Straw + berry =
- Super + star =
- In + side =
- Living + room =
- Note + book =
- House + wife =
- Home + work =
- Cross + word =
- Hair + cut =
- Foot + ball =
- For + ever =
- Sun + set =
- Blue + print =
- For + get =
- Pea + nut =
- Suit + case =
Answers
- Sunglasses
- Goldfish
- Butterfly
- Wheelchair
- Strawberry
- Superstar
- Inside
- Livingroom
- Housewife
- Notebook
- Homework
- Crossword
- Haircut
- Football
- Forever
- Sunset
- Blueprint
- Forget
- Peanut
- Suitcase
Exercise: 2
Match the compound words.
| Hand | Sheet |
| Mid | Shake |
| Police | Parent |
| Snow | Way |
| Throw | Shake |
| Work | Night |
| Milk | Wise |
| Grand | Mat |
| High | Bye |
| Clock | Man |
| For | Fall |
| Good | Back |
Answers
| Hand | Shake |
| Mid | Night |
| Police | Man |
| Snow | Fall |
| Throw | Back |
| Work | Sheet |
| Milk | Shake |
| Grand | Parent |
| High | Way |
| Clock | Wise |
| For | Mat |
| Good | Bye |
Exercise: 3
Complete the blanks.
| Watch | + | = | Watchman | |
| Team | + | Work | = | |
| Her | + | = | Herself | |
| + | Mark | = | Bookmark | |
| Friend | + | = | Friendship | |
| + | Bee | = | Honeybee | |
| Jack | + | = | Jackpot | |
| Motor | + | Cycle | = | |
| Post | + | Card | = | |
| + | Ware | = | Software | |
| Grave | + | = | Graveyard | |
| Ear | + | Drum | = |
Answers
| Watch | + | Man | = | Watchman |
| Team | + | Work | = | Teamwork |
| Her | + | Self | = | Herself |
| Book | + | Mark | = | Bookmark |
| Friend | + | Ship | = | Friendship |
| Honey | + | Bee | = | Honeybee |
| Jack | + | Pot | = | Jackpot |
| Motor | + | Cycle | = | Motorcycle |
| Post | + | Card | = | Postcard |
| Soft | + | Ware | = | Software |
| Grave | + | Yard | = | Graveyard |
| Ear | + | Drum | = | Eardrum |
Also read: Subject and Predicate for Class 2