Syllable Rules >> Definition Examples
What is a syllable?
- A syllable is the sound of a vowel (A, E, I, O, U) that is created when pronouncing the letters A, E, I, O, U, or Y.
- The letter "Y" is a vowel only if it creates an A, E, I, O, or U sound.
- examples: fry, try, cry, & 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)
- Does the word end with "le" or "les?" This is a syllable if the letter before the "le" is a consonant.
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Syllable Rules >> Definition Examples
Syllable Examples
Free
- 1 syllable: free
- pronounced: free
- Listen:
Eat
- 1 syllable: eat
- pronounced: eet
- Listen:
Eating
- 2 syllables: eat-ing
- pronounced: eet-ing
- Listen:
Bio
- 2 syllables: bi-o
- pronounced: bi-oh
- Listen:
Fire
- 1 syllable: fire
- pronounced: f-eye-r
- Listen:
Cake
- 1 syllable: cake
- pronounced: kay-k
- Listen:
Cheese
- 1 syllable: cheese
- pronounced: chees
- Listen:
Chicken
- 2 syllables: chick-en
- pronounced: chik-in
- Listen:
Checked
- 1 syllable: checked
- pronounced: chek-d
- Listen:
Batted
- 2 syllables: bat-ted
- pronounced: bat-ed
- Listen:
Worrying
- 3 syllables: wor-ry-ing
- pronounced: wah-ree-ing
- Listen: