Grade 2 English Language Arts · Compound Words
Build Grade 2 vocabulary and reading skills with five 10-question practice tests on compound word parts, meanings, spelling, and sentence context.
These Grade 2 English Language Arts practice tests help students understand that some words are made by joining two smaller words. Students identify compound words, build new words from word parts, explain meanings, and use compound words in sentences.
Complete one 10-question test at a time. Break each compound word into its two smaller words, say both parts, and then read the whole word. After reviewing a solution, make another compound word with one of the same parts.
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2. Test
A 10-question Grade 2 English Language Arts practice test on identifying, building, understanding, and using compound words.
Read each word or sentence carefully. Look for the smaller words inside a compound word and choose one answer.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is sunflower.
Joining sun and flower makes the compound word sunflower.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is mailbox.
Joining mail and box makes mailbox.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is rainbow.
Joining rain and bow makes rainbow.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is toothbrush.
Joining tooth and brush makes toothbrush.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is cupcake.
Joining cup and cake makes cupcake.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is football.
Joining foot and ball makes football.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is bedroom.
Joining bed and room makes bedroom.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is playground.
Joining play and ground makes playground.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is snowman.
Joining snow and man makes snowman.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is bathtub.
Joining bath and tub makes bathtub.
A compound word is made by joining two smaller words to create a new word, such as rain and bow in rainbow.
Students can split the word into its smaller parts, say each part, and use those parts plus the sentence context to think about the whole word meaning.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 2 compound words questions in total.
