Syllables

Question 1

What are syllables?

Answer 1

Syllables are how we split a word up into sounds.

Question 2

How many types of syllables are there?

Answer 2

Two: closed syllables and open syllables.

Question 3

What is a closed syllable?

Answer 3

A closed syllable ends with a consonant and has a short vowel sound.

Question 4

What is an open syllable?

Answer 4

An open syllable ends with a vowel and has a long vowel sound.

Question 5

How do you divide open syllables?

Answer 5

Divide an open syllable before the consonant. Example: mi/ser. The syllable ends with long vowel i and is an open syllable. The second syllable ser ends with short vowel sound, ends in a consonant and is a closed syllable

Question 6

How do you divide closed syllables?

Answer 6

1. Divide the syllable between two consonants in the middle of a word. Example: pen/cil
2. Divide between the 2 consonants when the 2 middle consonants are the same. Example: pil/low

Question 7

How do you divide a word into syllables when two vowels next to each other have two different sounds?

Answer 7

The first vowel is usually long, so we divide between the vowels.
Example: ru/in

Question 8

Vowel teams are treated like one vowel when the first vowel is long and the second vowel is silent. How do we divide the word into syllables?

Answer 8

Keep the vowel teams together when dividing the word into syllables.
Example: bea/ver

Question 9

Another vowel team creates a new vowel sound. This is called a diphthong. How do we divide a word that has a diphthong into syllables?

Answer 9

Always keep the diphthongs together when dividing words into syllables.
Example: toi/let

Question 10

Can a vowel form an open syllable by itself?

Answer 10

Yes.
Example: a/corn

Question 11

How do you divide a word with a prefix or suffix into syllables?

Answer 11

A prefix is a syllable by itself.
Example: re/lax
A suffix is a syllable by itself
Example: Wait/ing

Question 12

Consonant blends such as ch, ph, sh and th that make one new sound are treated as one Consonant. How do you divide a word with Consonant blends into syllables?

Answer 12

Keep the Consonant blends together when dividing words into syllables.
Example: dol/phin
Rath/er

Question 13

How do you divide words that end in ckle into syllables?

Answer 13

Divide before the le.
Example: tack/le

Question 14

How do you divide words that end in le (except ckle) into syllables?

Answer 14

Divide before the consonant
Example: bu/gle
Han/dle