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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3. 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 A room for sleeping.
A bedroom is a room used for sleeping.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is A box for mail.
A mailbox is a box where letters and other mail are placed.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is A colored arc in the sky.
A rainbow is a colored arc that can appear in the sky after rain.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is A place where children play.
A playground is a place made for play.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is A flower.
A sunflower is a kind of flower. Its name joins sun and flower.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is A tub for bathing.
A bathtub is a large tub used for bathing.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is A person-shaped figure made of snow.
A snowman is a figure built from snow, often shaped like a person.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is A ball used in a football game.
Football is a sport and also the ball used to play that sport.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is A small cake.
A cupcake is a small cake, often baked in a cup-shaped paper liner.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is A brush used to clean teeth.
A toothbrush is a brush used to clean teeth.
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.
