Endings and word parts

Compound words

A compound word joins two smaller words. If a child can spell both parts, they can spell the whole word.

Compound words: word lists

Practice a list online (each word is read aloud), or open it in the worksheet maker to print a test, word search, or look-cover-write-check sheet.

10 words

10 words

Each part keeps its usual spelling: sun + shine = sunshine. No letters are added or dropped.

Saying the two parts with a pause (tooth … brush) and spelling them one at a time keeps long words manageable.

Writing the parts as two words: “sun shine.”
Misspelling one part because the whole word looks long: “toothbruch.”
Dropping a letter where the two parts meet, especially when both parts share it: “bookase” for bookcase, “nightime” for nighttime.

Write each compound word on a strip and cut it between the two parts. Shuffle and rebuild.
Invent silly compounds (a “mudcake,” a “sockfish”) and spell them.

Paste your child’s exact words to make listening practice and printables in seconds.