Syllable Types
This syllable type has:
--one vowel
--at least one consonant after the vowel
--a short vowel sound
What is a closed syllable?
--bat
--bath
combat
What is
com--closed
bat--closed
This word has two closed syllables.
You need one to get into the movies.
What is a ticket?
A two syllable word with at least one closed syllable.
What is planet, contest, invent, etc.?
Use one consonant to "close-in" the first syllable:
relish
tonic
What is
rel-ish
ton-ic
This syllable type has:
--only one vowel
--the vowel is the last letter in the syllable
--the vowel sound is long
What is an open syllable?
--protect
--shy
--zero
exhale
What is
ex-closed
hale--vowel-consonant-e
This word has two syllables.
One syllable is closed, the other is vowel-consonant-e
What is a frog before it's a frog?
What is tadpole?
A word with at least two syllables that has one vowel-consonant-e syllable
What is compare, statement, exhale?
One consonant usually goes with the second syllable:
locate
protest
What is
lo-cate
pro-test
This syllable type has:
--a vowel, a consonant, then an e
--the first vowel is long
--the e is silent
What is a vowel-consonant-e syllable
--flake
--include
--compete
unite
What is
u--open
nite--vowel-consonant-e
This word has one open syllable and one closed syllable.
This word is a math operation.
The antonym to this word is plus.
What is minus?
A three syllable word with one open syllable.
What is volcano, galaxy, develop?
Divide between two consonants and keep digraphs together:
happen
rocket
What is
hap-pen
rock-et
This syllable has--
--a single vowel followed by an r (ar, er, ir, or, ur)
--the vowel is neither long nor short
--the vowel is controlled by the r
What is an r-controlled syllable?
--curb
--sport
--sparkle
tumble
What is
tum--closed
ble--consonant-le
This word has two syllables.
One syllable is closed and the other is a consonant le syllable.
Synonyms to this word might be segment, morsel, or portion.
You can get a lot of these free at stores like Costco.
What is sample?
A two or three syllable word with a consonant le syllable.
What is example, rectangle, candle?
Divide just before the consonant in a word ending with a consonant le syllable:
bugle
staple
What is
bu-gle
sta-ple
This syllable has:
--only 3 letters; a consonant, an l, and an e
--the consonant and the l sound like a blend
--the e is silent
What is a consonant-le syllable?
--table
--rifle
--scramble
regular
What is
reg--closed
u--open
lar--r-controlled
This word has one closed syllable, one open syllable, and one r-controlled syllable.
The Latin root to this word means people.
People or things that are liked by many people have this quality.
What is popular?
A multisyllabic word with an r-controlled syllable.
What is unicorn, transportation, carnival?
Blends stay together in the second syllable:
mattress
hundred
What is
mat-tress
hun-dred
This syllable has--
--a vowel diphthong or digraph (two vowels together)
--the digraph has two vowels that make one sound: boat, valley
--the diphthong begins with one vowel sound then glides into another: boil, plow
What is a vowel team or D-syllable:
trout
baittomboy
What is
tom--closed
boy--D syllable
This word has one D-syllable and one open syllable
The D-syllable is a diphthong where one vowel sound blends into the next vowel sound.
This word describes a type of sound heard in classrooms from time to time.
What is noisy?
A multisyllabic word with a vowel team or D syllable.
What is enjoyment, astronaut, parakeet?
Compound words are split between the two words (the blend may be in the first syllable):
handbag
chestnut
What is
hand-bag
chest-nut