Compound Words in Sentences

About this worksheet

Ten sentences and a bank of ten compound words: raincoat, airplane, snowman, backpack, bedtime, firefly, popcorn, playground, rainbow and goldfish. Kids read for meaning to pick the word (A ___ glowed in the dark yard). Key on page 2. It is a third grade grammar sheet, ages 8 to 9, where children write whole words and sentences on their own.

On this sheet

Word Bank backpack raincoat airplane popcorn rainbow firefly snowman goldfish playground bedtime I put on my because it was raining. The landed on the runway. We built a with a carrot nose. My is heavy with books. Dad read me a story. A glowed in the dark yard. We ate warm at the movies. We ran around the at recess. After the storm we saw a ___. I keep my in a bowl.

Tips for using it

• Do one grammar sheet at a time and read the instructions aloud together; the rule usually fits in one sentence.
• Ask children to say each sentence out loud before they write: most grammar mistakes sound wrong when spoken.
• Use the answer key to let older kids check their own work with a colored pencil.
• Mix one picture sheet with one writing sheet per week so grammar does not feel like a test.

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. Free for personal, family and classroom use.