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Syllables & Compound Words
Clap the beats in a word, and put two small words together.
About the Syllables & Compound Words worksheets
This free phonics pack has 15 printable A4 pages: clap the beats in a word, and put two small words together. You can edit the words on every page, print it or save it as a PDF, and there's a matching PowerPoint lesson to teach it with. It's made for English teachers in Korea and works for kindergarten and elementary classes, hagwons and tutoring.
The rule
A syllable is a beat in a word. Clap as you say the word. Every clap is one syllable.
What's inside
- Learn It: Syllables
- Clap and Count 1: Say the word and clap. Circle how many syllables you hear.
- Clap and Count 2
- Clap and Count 3
- Clap and Count 4
- Clap and Count 5
- Sort It: 1, 2 or 3 Claps?: Clap each word. Write it in the right box.
- Compound Words 1: Put the two words together. Join them to the right picture.
- Compound Words 2
- Compound Words 3
- Compound Words 4
- Compound Words 5
- Write the Compound Word: Look at the picture. Write the compound word.
Words in this pack
banana, butterfly, rabbit, fish, apple, cat, dinosaur, pencil, dog, rocket, elephant, sun, cake, monkey, tomato, sunflower, rainbow, snowman, popcorn, cupcake
Example sentences
- Put your hand under your chin. Every time your chin drops, that is one syllable.
How to use it in class
Introduce the sound with the picture pages and have students say every word out loud before they write. Then move on to the circling, matching and writing pages. Short daily practice works better than one long session, so two or three pages a class is plenty.
