Worksheet #1

Using Compound Words

A. Fill in each blank with the correct compound word written as one word. Write the
words correctly.

sore eyes national anthem underground left-handed

breakfast backyard bulletin board school year
all-purpose editor-in-chief

1. Eat a good _________ before going to school.

2. Do ________ gardening as your summer project.
3. Do not got to school when you have ________ so you will not contaminate
others.
4. The train passes through an ________ tunnel.
5. Your poems and drawings are displayed on the _________.
6. Her sister will graduate next _________.
7. She has a good penmanship in spite of being _________.
8. Aunt Andrea works as _________ of a food magazine.
9. Mother uses ________ for her salad dressing.
10. Do you memorize the Philippine __________.

B. Choose two compound words above and use each in a sentence.

1. ______________________________________________________________
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2. ______________________________________________________________
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