Syllabification of Words
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English
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4th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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Dividing Words by Syllables
A syllable is a unit of the word that has a vowel sound.
Say the word and carefully listen to the vowel sound. If the vowel is long it is an open syllable and is at the end of the syllable. It has one vowel sound. If the vowel is short and followed by a consonant it is a closed syllable.
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Syllables with two consonants
Divide between words with two consonants together.
Can/dle in/struct hap/pen hap/py pud/dle
Divide before "CLE"
trou/ble cud/dle Un/cle bi/cy/cle
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Affixes and Root Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Divide between affixes and root words.
Un/hap/py Re/do Un/tie Re/wind/ing Safe/ly
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Multiple Choice
How do you divide happily into syllables?
hap/pi/ly
happ/i/ly
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Multiple Choice
Where will you divide afternoon into syllables?
aft/er/noon
af/ter/noon
aft/ern/oon
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Multiple Choice
Where do you divide merry into syllables?
mer/ry
merr/y
me/rr/y
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Multiple Choice
Divide morning into syllables.
morn/ing
mor/ning
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Multiple Choice
Divide football into syllables.
foot/ball
foo/tball
Dividing Words by Syllables
A syllable is a unit of the word that has a vowel sound.
Say the word and carefully listen to the vowel sound. If the vowel is long it is an open syllable and is at the end of the syllable. It has one vowel sound. If the vowel is short and followed by a consonant it is a closed syllable.
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