RULES IN SYLLABICATION SYLLABICATION Syllabication is the art

RULES IN SYLLABICATION

SYLLABICATION Syllabication - is the art of forming or dividing words into syllables. Syllables are single speech parts that are made up of a vowel sound with or without a closely combined consonant sound.

Rule no 1 Every syllable has one vowel sound.

Rule no 2 The number of vowel sounds in a word equals the number of syllables. Examples: home = 1 sub-ject = 2 pub-lish-ing = 3

Rule no 3 A one syllable word is never divided. Examples: stop = 1 feet = 1 bell = 1

Rule no 4 Consonant blends and digraphs are never separated. Examples: Rest-ing = 2 Bush-el = 2 Reach-ing = 2

Rule no 5 When a word has a "ck" or an "x" in it, the word is usually divided after the "ck" or "x". Examples: Nick-el =2 Tax-is = 2

Rule no 6 A compound word is divided between the two words that make the compound word. Examples: In-side = 2 Foot-ball = 2 Tooth-brush =2

Rule no 7 When two or more consonants come between two vowels in a word, it is usually divided between the first two consonants. Examples: Sis-ter = 2 But-ter = 2 Hun-gry = 2

Rule no 8 When a single consonant comes between two vowels in a word, it is usually divided after the consonant if the vowel is short. Examples: Drag-on = 2 Can-is-ter = 3 Hab-it = 2

Rule no 9 When a single consonant comes between two vowels in a word, it is usually divided before the consonant if the vowel is long. Examples: Ba-sin = 2 Fe-ver = 2 Ma-jor = 2

Rule no 10 When two vowels come together in a word, and are sounded separately, divided the word between the two vowels. Examples: di-as-po-ra = 4 di-et = 2 pro-nun-ci-a-tion = 5

Rule no 11 When a vowel is sound alone in a word, it forms a syllable itself. Examples: Grad-u-ate = 3 Ed-u-ca-tion = 4 Hi-a-tus = 3 * In speech the words graduate and education, has the consonant "d" sound in the second syllable with the vowel "u".

Rule no 12 A word that has a prefix is divided between the root word and the prefix. Examples: Dis-count = 2 Mis-fit = 2 Un-tie = 2

Rule no 13 When be, de, ex and re at the beginning of a word, they make a syllable of their own. Examples: Be-come = 2 De-fend =2 Ex-hale =2 Re-main -2

Rule no 14 A world that has a suffix is divided between the root word and the suffix. Examples: Kind-ness = 2 Thank-ful = 2 Stuff-ing = 2 * In speech the word stuffing has the consonant sounds /f/ in the second syllable.

Rule no 15 When a word ends in le, preceded by a consonant, the word is divided before that consonant. Examples: Pur-ple = 2 Fum-ble = 2 Mid-dle = 2

Rule no 16 When -ed comes at the end of a word, it forms a syllable only when preceded by "d" or "t". Examples: Fund-ed = 2 Start-ed = 2 * In speech the above words have the consonant sounds /d/ and /t/ in the second syllable with -ed.

Rule no 17 When a word or syllable ends in al or el, these letters usually form the last syllable. Examples: Usu-al = 2 lev-el = 2

Rule no 18 When ture and tion are at the end of a word, they make their own syllable. Examples: Pos-ture = 2 Lo-tion = 2

Rule no 19 When a word ends in ly, divide the word before the ending. Examples: Es-pe-cial-ly = 4 Rough-ly =2 * In speech the word roughly has the consonant sounds /f/ in the second syllable.

Rule no 20 When a word ends in the noun suffix ant preceded by a consonant or digraph, divide the word before that consonant or digraph. Examples: As-sis-tant = 3 At-ten-dant = 3 Im-mi-grant = 3

Read each word and divide it by putting (/) between each syllable. On the space, tell how many syllables are in each word. 1. understand - ______ 6. mechanic- ____ 2. quickly - ______ 7. trustworthy 3. father - _______ 8. center - _______ 4. bloated - _______ 5. wallow - _______ 9. second - _______ 10. bubble - ____