How Many Syllables
pizza
2
fossil
2
forget
for/get
silent
si/lent
What is a Diphthong?
2 vowels or letters within a word that combine to make a new sound; often similar to vowel sounds
cauliflower
2
member
mem/ber
stu/dent
A word that shares the same vowel digraph as: loaf
bloat boast cloak coach coast croak
float gloat groan roach roast shoal
throat toast coat boat
pineapple
3
vegetable
4
pen/cil
open
o/pen
A word that shares the same diphthong as: loyal
ahoy annoy boy coy decoy destroy
employ enjoy joy ploy royal soy
toy
float
1
bean
1
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dinosaur
di/no/saur
menu
men/u
How do you properly pronounce this word? shawl
sh->all
porcupine
3
elephant
3
in/sect
television
tel/e/vi/sion
The word noisy has 2 syllables: vowel team (noi) + open (sy). What is another word that follows this same pattern? (vowel team + open syllable)
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