Types of Syllables

There are six types of

syllables.

1.A closed syllable ends in a consonant. There is only one vowel and it is “closed” with a consonant. It has a short vowel sound.

pet cat

2. An open syllable ends in a vowel. The vowel has a long vowel sound.

a-prongo

3. A vowel-consonant-e or silent e syllable is when the final e is silent and makes the vowel before it long.

name hope

4. A vowel team syllable has two vowels next to each other that together say a new sound. This includes both vowel talkers and vowel whiners.

sail ouch

5. A controlled r syllable contains a vowel followed by the letter r. The r controls the vowel and changes the way it is pronounced.

car sort

6. A consonant-le syllable is has a consonant followed by the letters le.

Also called Final Stable Syllables and can include words that end in al and el.Examples: local, medal, chapel

Other final stable syllables include: sion, tion, ture, age, cious.Examples: tension, nation, creature, engage, spacious

apple title

closed syllableopen syllablesilent e syllablevowel team syllablecontrolled r syllable

consonant le syllable

The Six Syllable Types Are:

Let’s practice!

Name the syllable type:

farm

turn

afterbirdshort

r controlled syllables

Name the syllable type:

cat

cubcop

petsit

closed syllable

Name the syllable type:

came

cubecope

Petesite

silent e

Name the syllable type:

dream

toycrawl

sail

fruit vowel team

Name the syllable type:

me

hethree

go

see open syllable

Name the syllable type:

title

middlelittle

apple

puzzleconsonant – le syllables

Now that we know the six syllable types, they can help us read and spell unknown words.

Dividing Words Into SyllablesThere are four ways to split up a word into its syllables:1. Divide between two middle consonants.Split up words that have two middle consonants. For example:hap-pen, bas-ket, let-ter, sup-per, din-ner, . The only exceptions are the consonant digraphs. Never split up consonant digraphs as they really represent only one sound.

2. Usually divide before a single middle consonant.When there is only one middle consonant, you usually divide in front of it. For example:"o-pen", "i-tem", "e-vil", and "re-port".

3. Divide before the consonant before an "-le" syllable.For example: a-ble, ti-tle,

4. Divide off any compound words, prefixes, and suffixes which have vowel sounds.sail-boat, un-paid, teach-ing,

Spot and Dot Find the syllabication in multisyllable words

1. Spot and dot the vowels.2. Connect the dots.3. Look under the line. How many consonants do you see?4. If there are two consonants, divide between them.5. If there is only one consonant, divide before it. If this doesn’t sound right, try after it.

trumpet. .

trum-petopen. .

o-pen

river. .

ri-verX riv-er