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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.
Syllable Examples
Free
- 1 syllable: free
- pronounced: free
- Listen: how to pronounce free
Eat
1 syllable: eat
pronounced: eet
Listen: how to pronounce eat
Eating2 syllables: eat-ing
pronounced: eet-ing
Listen: how to pronounce eating
Bio
- 2 syllables: bi-o
- pronounced: bi-oh
- Listen: how to pronounce bio
Fire
1 syllable: fire
pronounced: f-eye-r
Listen: how to pronounce fire
Cake1 syllable: cake
pronounced: kay-k
Listen: how to pronounce cake
Cheese
- 1 syllable: cheese
- pronounced: chees
- Listen: how to pronounce cheese
Chicken
- 2 syllables: chick-en
- pronounced: chik-in
- Listen: how to pronounce chicken
Checked
- 1 syllable: checked
- pronounced: chek-d
- Listen: how to pronounce checked
Batted
- 2 syllables: bat-ted
- pronounced: bat-ed
- Listen: how to pronounce batted
Worrying
- 3 syllables: wor-ry-ing
- pronounced: wah-ree-ing
- Listen: how to pronounce worrying
