Brain Teasers – Word Play Compound Word Puzzles

Compound word picture puzzles: students look at pairs or trios of pictures, such as ice and cream, and write the compound word they make.
Year levels
Years 1–3
Pages
6
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Oct 13, 2026

Subject
Vocabulary, Language Development, English
Topic
Compound, Words
Resource types
Worksheets
Answer key
Included
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9E2LY10 — use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches

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A fun brain teaser activity for your students to think creatively and outside the box to discover compound words in the pictures!

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Build compound words from picture clues

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9E2LY10 — use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words

Core concepts

  • Compound words

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