​Objectives

​Learn how to cut words into syllables.

​Differentiate open and closed syllables.

​Open syllables

​ When a syllable ends in a vowel sound , it is called an open syllable.

​Open syllables usually have long-vowel sounds.

​example

bonus

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​bo/nus

The first syllable of the word bonus is bo, it ends in a vowel sound ,thus it is an open syllable.

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​Since the first syllable ends in a vowel, it is an open syllable, and the o has a long-vowel sound.

​​When a vowel is long, the vowel says its name.

Si as in Si/lent

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​lo as in lo/cal

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fu as in fu/ture

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​be as in be/side

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fa as in fa/mous

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​du as in du/plex

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​re as in re/turn

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ba as in ba/by

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​hu as in hu/man

​ti as in ti/ger

​yet...

​that is not always the case , in the word benefit the syllables be/ and ne/ are open but they don't have a long vowel sound.