Syllables #2
Students will learn:
What is a syllable?
A syllable is a unit of pronunciation, like a beat in words that always contains a vowel.
Some words have only one syllable (book) and others have two (pen/cil), three (tom/a/to), four (hel/i/cop/ter) and more
(in/spir/a/tion/al)
Syllabification of Words
Long Vowels
re/verse | mo/tor | ba/bies | la/bour |
re/turn | po/ny | ti/dy | pi/rate |
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Syllabification of Words
Short Vowels
tax/i | gar/age | dam/age | clev/er |
com/ic | | | |
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Syllabification of Words
Prefix
un/knot | dis/please | dis/count | re/search |
re/start | un/true | to/ward | un/veil |
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Syllabification of Words
Suffix
car/ry/ing | en/joy/ment | start/ed | look/ing |
play/ful | sleep/y | first/ly | haunt/ed |
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