Syllable Division and Rules

What is the first step to split a word into syllables?

• Count the consonants

• Underline the vowels

• Find the middle letter

• Say the word aloud

What is the point of splitting up words into syllables?

Which of these words is an open syllable?

• not

• men

• no

• hit

How should the word "lesson" be split into syllables?

• les-son

• le-sson

• less-on

• l-esson

How is the word "contain" correctly divided into syllables?

• con-tain

• co-ntain

• cont-ain

• con-ta-in

When splitting a word with a silent 'e' at the end, what should you do with the 'e'?

• Underline it as a vowel.

• Do not underline it.

• Split the word before it.

• Split the word after it.

What is the rule for splitting a word that ends with "le"?

• Split after the 'l'.

• Count back three letters from 'le' and split.

• Split before the 'l'.

• Count back two letters from 'le' and split.

How is the word "tremble" correctly divided into syllables?

• tre-mble

• trem-ble

• tr-emble

• tremb-le