Building Blocks
Syllable Types
How many Syllables?
100

What are a, e, i, o and u? 

What is a vowel

100

One vowel before at least one consonant. Usually the vowel is short.

What is a closed syllable?

100

salamander

What is four?

200

When you emphasis a word or part of a word and your mouth is open wider, you say it longer and louder and your voice is higher.

What is an accent?

200
Two vowels adjacent to each other that often makes one sound.

What is a vowel pair?

200

dessert

What is two?

300

When g or c is before e, i or y.

What is the soft sound?

300

One vowel before one consonant r. 

What is r-controlled vowels?

300

Hamburger

What is three? 

400

Twenty six are used to build all the words in the English language. 

What are letters of the alphabet?

400

One vowel with nothing after it. 

What is an open syllable?

400

reptilian

What is four? 
500

It begins with a capital letter, ends with a punctuation mark and has a subject and a predicate. 

What is a sentence?

500

One vowel with one consonant and vowel e in final position. 

What is vowel consonant e syllable? 

500

traditionalism

What is six?