double consonants- one syllable or two what is the rule?

One Syllable or TwoWhat is the Rule?

Double Consonants

Teddy bear

puppy

dinner

waffle

egg

ea i o u

ea ee oaai ie ueoo ou

a vowel

a vowel pair

Each syllable has one vowel sound*it could be one vowel or it could be a vowel pair*

y

ay

bell pup/py

suc/ceed

OR

bal/loon

ll

egg

hammer

bell

ffwaffle

mm

ss

Double Consonants (same letters)syllabication

scissors

button

pp

puppy

tt

rrcarrot

Teddy bear

ggdd

nn

dinnercc

soccer

Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel(VCCV ) - two syllables

1. When double consonants follow a vowel and are

2. followed by a vowel3. divide syllables between the

consonants4. as in the word soc/cer

VCCV rule

Double Consonants cc

Vowel-Consonant-Consonant- Vowel(VCCV ) - two syllables

vc /cv soccer soc /cer occur oc /cur hiccup hic /cup accept ac /cept accent ac /cent success suc/cess succeed suc/ceed

One syllable words ending with(same)double consonants are more

common with the consonant endings

dd, ff, ll, ss, & tt

dd ff ll ss tt

Double Consonants dd


add - When you add five plus four you get nine.

odd - Nine is an odd number.

Todd - Did the golfer make the putt?

Rudd - A Rudd is a fresh water fish.

vc /cv Teddy Ted/dy rudder rud/der buddy bud/dy daddy dad/dy hidden hid/den sudden sud/den addend ad/dend

One syllable words ending withdouble consonants /dd/

When double consonants are followed by ledivide syllables between the consonants

1. double consonants ff 2. followed by le3. divide syllables between

double consonants ff 4. as in the word waf/fle

Additional

rule

Double Consonants ff

Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel-

(VCCV ) - two syllables

fluff – She wanted to fluff the pillows on the couch.cuff - The cuff of her coat was wet.off - He turned off the light when he left the room.scuff - He had a scuff on his knee.stuff – Jenny has too much stuff.cliff – The cliff was very steep.

vc /cv affect af/fect offer of/fer buffet buf/fet differ dif/fer fluffy fluf/fy office of/fice suffix suf/fix muffin mif/fin

One syllable words ending with double

consonants /ff/

Double consonant followed by ledivide between

the double consonants

c/cle

waffle waf/fle shuffle shuf/fle truffle truf/fle ruffle ruf/fle

Double Consonants gg


egg – How would you like your egg cooked?

vc /cv smoggy smog/gy doggy dog /gy logging log/ging noggin nog/gin foggy fog/gy buggy bug/gy

One syllable words ending withdouble consonants /gg/

Double Consonants ll


bell – The bell will ring soon.

yell - Do not yell at me.

tell - Please tell Tommy that we will arrive at 8:00 p.m.

well - The well is very deep.

call – I am waiting for a call from my friend.

shell – I found a beautiful shell at the beach.

toll – There is a toll stop to enter the bridge.

vc /cv hello hel/lo yellow yel /low balloon bal/loon stroller strol/ler pillow pil/low taller tal/ler billion bil /lion follow fol/low

One syllable words ending withdouble consonants /ll/

Double Consonants mm

vc /cv mommy mom/my hammer ham/mer summer sum/mer summit sum/mit grammar gram/mar comment com/ment yummy yum/my


Double Consonants nn


Inn - We stayed at the wonderful Vacation Inn.

Lynn – Lynn is a good friend.

vc /cv dinner din/ner sunny sun/ny planner plan/ner bonnet bon/net cannot can/not manner man/ner winner win/ner

One syllable words ending withdouble consonants /nn/

Double Consonants pp

vc /cv puppy pup/py happens hap/pens oppose op/pose puppet pup/pet rapport rap/port supper sup/per wrapper wrap/per


Double Consonants rr

vc /cv carrot car/rot sorry sor/ry ferry fer/ry surround sur/round worry wor/ry scurry scur/ry parrot par/rot

Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel (VCCV ) - two syllables

Double Consonants ss


boss – The boss makes the rules.

grass - The grass looks green.

kiss - Big sister gave baby sister a kiss.

glass - He drank the whole class of milk.

toss – She needed to toss the salad.

Swiss – We love Swiss cheese.

vc /cv scissors scis/sors messy mes /sy essay es/say assure as/sure assist as/sist tissue tis/sue lesson les/son

One syllable words ending withdouble consonants /ss/

Double Consonants tt


mitt – You must have your mitt to play in the baseball game.

mutt - Our dog is a mutt.

putt - Did the golfer make the putt?

watt - We need a 60 watt lightbulb.

Scott – Scott is my best friend.

Matt – Matt is a fantastic pitcher!

vc /cv mitten mit/ten kitten kit /ten butter but/ter cotton cot/ton button but/ton matter mat/ter gutter gut /ter bitten bit /ten

One syllable words ending withdouble consonants /tt/

Name the RULE

carrotmittenscissorspuppy

hammerbitten

The RULE is:


car / rotmit / tenscis / sorspup / py

ham / merbit / ten

Name the RULE

waffleshuffletruffleruffle

The RULE is:

Double consonant followed by ledivide between the double consonants

waf / fleshuf / fletruf / fleruf / fle

ll

egg

hammer

bell

ffwaffle

mm

ss

Double Consonants (same letters)syllabication

scissors

button

pp

puppy

tt

rrcarrot

Teddy bear

ggdd

nn

dinnercc

soccer

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