Syllable Types
This syllable type has a vowel closed in by a consonant. The vowel sound is short. Example, "stick".
What is a Closed Syllable?
pine
What is one?
marker
What is mar-ker?
corn
What is vowel r?
What is the super secret seventh syllable type?
What is schwa?
This syllable type has a vowel followed by a consonant, then the letter e. The vowel makes its long sound. Example, "make".
What is a vowel-consonant-e syllable?
basement
What is two?
explode
What is ex-plode?
acorn
These are the five long vowel sounds.
What is /a_/, /e_/, /i_/, /o_/, /u_/ (vowels saying name)?
acorn, eagle, ice cream, open, unicorn, flute
This syllable type has a vowel at the end of the syllable. The vowel says its long sound. Example, "no".
What is an open syllable?
fantastic
What is three?
unexplained
What is un-ex-plain-ed?
corncob
What is vowel r, closed?
These are the five short vowel sounds.
What is /au/, /eu/, /iu/, /ou/, /uu/?
apple, edge, itch, octopus, up
This syllable type has a vowel followed by the letter r. The vowel does not make its short or long sound. Example, "sport".
interesting
What is four?
bridle
What is bri-dle?
cornerstone
What is vowel r, vowel r, vowel-consonant-e?
What sound or sounds does a vowel make when it is a schwa?
What is /uu/ or /iu/?
This syllable type has two vowels working together to make one vowel sound. Example, "join".
What is a vowel-vowel syllable?
elementary
What is 5?
polluting
What is pol-lu-ting?
cornucopia
What is vowel r, open, open, open, open/schwa?
Divide this word into syllables:
constrictor
What is con-strict-or OR con-stric-tor?