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.
Fun FactCHECKBOOK is the longest
horizontally symmetrical word.
Syllable Rules >> Definition Examples
Syllable Examples
Free
Eat
Eating
Bio
Fire
Cake
Cheese
Chicken
Checked
Batted
Worrying