HOW TO DIVIDE ENGLISH WORDS INTO SYLLABLES
What is a syllable?
* A syllable is A UNIT OF PRONUNCIATION THAT HAS ONE VOWEL SOUND, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole word or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
* The letter "Y" is a vowel only if it creates an A, E, I, O, or U sound.
Examples: fry, happy, & dry
* The number of times that you hear the sound of a vowel is the number of syllables in a word.
* When two (or more) vowels are next to each other,
the number of syllables depends on the number of vowel sounds.
Examples: free (1 syllable), eat (1 syllable), & bio (2 syllables)
* If a vowel is silent, it is not counted as a syllable.
Example: fire (1 syllable)
4 BASIC RULES TO DIVIDE ENGLISH WORDS INTO SYLLABLES
What is a syllable?
* A syllable is A UNIT OF PRONUNCIATION THAT HAS ONE VOWEL SOUND, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole word or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
* The letter "Y" is a vowel only if it creates an A, E, I, O, or U sound.
Examples: fry, happy, & dry
* The number of times that you hear the sound of a vowel is the number of syllables in a word.
* When two (or more) vowels are next to each other,
the number of syllables depends on the number of vowel sounds.
Examples: free (1 syllable), eat (1 syllable), & bio (2 syllables)
* If a vowel is silent, it is not counted as a syllable.
Example: fire (1 syllable)
4 BASIC RULES TO DIVIDE ENGLISH WORDS INTO SYLLABLES
dinner DIN-NER
supper SUP-PER
kissing KIS-SING
2. USUALLY SPLIT THE WORD BEFORE A SINGLE MIDDLE CONSONANT... right before the consonant!
open O-PEN
exit E-XIT
3. DIVIDE BEFORE THE CONSONANT BEFORE "le"
able A-BLE
fumble FUM-BLE
rubble RUB-BLE
apple AP-PLE
4. SPLIT OFF ANY COMPOUND WORD, SUFFIX OR PREFIX
sportscar SPORTS-CAR
prepaid PRE-PAID
teacher TEACH-ER
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