Class 3 English Grammar Worksheet on Compound Words
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Class 3 English Grammar Worksheet on Compound Words
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A TESOL-certified English teacher with Qualified Teacher Status (PPTT), I bring over eight years of experience in delivering English language instruction to non-native speakers and native students. With a strong grasp of lesson planning, classroom management, and differentiated instruction, I have consistently motivated students to achieve their full potential.
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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Frequently Asked Questions
Compound words are formed by joining two separate words, such as rain + bow = rainbow.
By breaking long words into smaller parts and checking if each part is a real word, like home + work = homework.
Because the combined word often has a new meaning different from the two individual words.
