Word Builders: Compound Words for Class 3  

This Grade 3 worksheet teaches children how two words can be joined to create a new word with a fresh meaning, like newspaper, sunflower, and playground. With engaging activities such as multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, matching, underlining, and paragraph writing, learners expand their vocabulary and improve sentence building.  

Why Compound Words Matter in Grammar?

  
Compound words are important because they:  
1. Help children understand how small words combine into new words.  
2. Strengthen spelling and reading fluency.  
3. Expand vocabulary for both writing and speaking.  
4. Encourage creativity in language learning.  

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

  
🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions: Pick the correct compound word to complete each sentence (e.g., notebook, toothbrush, playground, rainbow).  
✏️ Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks: Use words like sunflower, basketball, toothpaste, newspaper, homework, rainbow.  
✅ Exercise 3 – Match the Following: Join words like moon + light → moonlight, foot + ball → football, class + room → classroom.  
📝 Exercise 4 – Underline the Words: Underline compound words in short sentences such as “Ravi bought a notebook” or “The children played football.”  
🧾 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing: Fill blanks in a passage with compound words like birthday, raincoat, homework, playground, airport.  

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)  

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions  
1. notebook  
2. toothbrush  
3. playground  
4. rainbow  
5. newspaper  
6. sunflower  
7. football  
8. raincoat  
9. homework  
10. classroom  

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks  
1. sunflower  
2. toothpaste  
3. basketball  
4. classroom  
5. notebook  
6. rainbow  
7. homework  
8. football  
9. playground  
10. raincoat  

Exercise 3 – Match the Following  
Moon + light → moonlight  
Snow + man → snowman  
Birth + day → birthday  
Class + room → classroom  
Foot + ball → football  
Note + book → notebook  
Rain + coat → raincoat  
Tooth + brush → toothbrush  
Sun + flower → sunflower  
News + paper → newspaper  

Exercise 4 – Underline the Compound Words  
1. notebook  
2. football  
3. newspaper  
4. sunflower  
5. raincoat  
6. playground  
7. homework  
8. rainbow  
9. classroom  
10. toothpaste  

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing (Sample Answers)  
1. birthday  
2. notebook  
3. classroom  
4. playground  
5. homework  

This worksheet makes compound words easy and exciting, giving Class 3 learners the confidence to use them correctly in sentences and stories.  
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