WHAT IS A SYLLABLE?A syllable is the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u ) that’s created when pronouncing a word.

The number of times that you hear the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) in a word is equal to the number of syllables the word has.

For Example:

Cake – has 1 syllable Eat – has 1 syllable Cheese - has 1 syllable Eating – has 2 syllables ( eat - ing) Chicken – has 2 syllables (chick - en) Worrying - has 3 syllables (wor – ry - ing)

Syllables Rules:A syllable is the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) that's created when pronouncing a word.The number of times that you hear the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) in a word is equal to the number of syllables the word has.

How To Find Syllables:•Count the number of vowels (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y) in the word.•Subtract any silent vowels (like the silent 'e' at the end of a word).•Subtract 1 vowel from every diphthong. A diphthong is when two volwels make only 1 sound (oi, oy, ou, ow, au, aw, oo, ...).•The number you are left with should be the number of vowels in the word.

How To Divide A Word Into Syllables:Divide off any compound words, prefixes,

suffixes, and root words that have vowels. sports/car, house/boat, un/happy, pre/paid,

re/write, farm/er, hope/lessDivide between two middle consonants hap/pens, bas/ket, let/ter, sup/per, din/ner

Never split up consonant digraphs as they really represent only one sound ("th", "sh", "ph", "th", "ch", and "wh").Usually divide before a single consonant. o/pen, i/tem, e/vil, re/port. The only exceptions are those times when the first syllable has an obvious short sound, as in "cab/in".Divide before an "-le" syllable. a/ble, fum/ble, rub/ble, mum/ble The only exceptions are "ckle" words like "tick/le".