syllable rules

Vowels and Consonants

• vowels:

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  A E I O U

• consonants:

  1	B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Syllable

• A word can be broken down into patrs called syllables.
• Syllables are group of sounds.
  

  1	stu·dy eng·lish com·pu·ter

How to Find Syllable

• Each syllable has one vowel sound.

  1	hat rain text·book wo·man

• We count the vowel sounds to find syllables.

  1	lead lead·er lead·er·ship

Words with one syllable

note that the vowel “e” is silent most of the time at the end of the words.

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home  lake  bite  mute

Divide between compound words

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pan·cake  note·book  week·end  home·work

Divide betwwen two middle consonants

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din·ner  let·ter  hap·py  pen·ny