Syllable

Syllable Division in English

Dr.B.Winmayil

What is a syllable?

• A syllable is a sequence of speech sounds (formed from vowels and consonants) organized into a single unit.

• eg. free - /fri/ , hotel - /həʊˈtel/

Multiple Choice

Syllable division is indicated by ______.

• /

• -

Points to be remembered

• Syllables can have more than one consonant and more than one vowel.

• The number of syllables in a word depends on its sound not its spelling.

• The number of times that you hear the sound of a vowel is the number of syllables in a word. If a vowel is silent, it is not counted as a syllable.

• Put your hand under the chin. The number of times your jaw touches the hand is the number of syllable.

Multiple Choice

A syllable should contain a ___

• consonant

• diphthong

• vowel

• semivowel

• monosyllabic word - single syllable words eg chek-d

• disyllabic word - two syllable words -eg po-em, cho-rus

• trisyllabic word - three syllable words eg. beau-ti-ful, me-ta-phor

• Tetrasyllabic word - four syllable words eg. in-fo-ma-tion, ja-nu-ua-ry

• Pentasyllabic word - five sylable words eg. e-lec-tri-ci-ty, so-ci-a-lo-gy

• polysyllable word - more than five syllable words eg. ox-y-mor-on, ca-pi-ta-li-za-tion

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Multiple Select

Select the two syllabic words

• buyer

• tyre

• street

• lion

Poll

A single vowel can be a syllable.

• False

• True

Structure of a syllable

• Nucleus - the essential element - vowel - central element

• Marginal/optional element - consonant

• Onset - releasing consonant - before the vowel

• Coda - arresting consonant - after the vowel

• the nucleus & coda form the rhyme.

Formula for the structure of syllable

• syllables can be without releasing or/and arresting consonant.

• syllables can have more than one releasing or/and arresting consonant

• Maximum no. of onset - 3

• Maximum no. of coda - 4

• C^0-3 V C^0-4

Open Ended

write down the structure of syllable for the word 'dressed'

Open Ended

Write the coda, nucleus and onset of the word 'claimed'

syllable Types

• open syllable - ending in a vowel/ without coda eg.wry, try no go a chew brew

• closed syllable - ends in a consonant or consonant cluster/ onset eg. lock truck ask bin trim gym neck if

• syllabic consonant - consonant as nucleus eg. little - /li-tl/

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Multiple Choice

The correct syllabification of little is ____ .

• /'li-tl/

• /'litl/

• /li-t-tl/

• /'li-tl-e/

Multiple Select

select the words with open syllable.

• law

• next

• go

• eye

• high

Multiple Select

Select the words that have closed syllable

• minds

• bee

• ball

• new

• jump

Open Ended

Write down the number of syllables in each of the words given in the image.