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Ten Syllable Rules
1. Every syllable has only one
vowel sound. Some syllables have just one vowel; others have two. But even when
there are two vowels, there can be only one vowel sound in each syllable, so
the two vowels say one sound.
For example, out-side.
2. When the vowel’s at the end of a
syllable, it has a long sound. Reading specialists call the Consonant-Vowel
(CV) pattern an open syllable.
For example, be-low.
3. When the vowel is not at the end
of a syllable, it has a short sound. Reading specialists call the
Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) pattern a closed syllable.
For example, bas-ket.
4. Divide syllables between doubled
consonants, unless the doubled consonant is part of a syllable that is a base
word.
For example, din-ner and tell-er.
5. Usually keep vowel teams
together in the same syllable.
For example, boat-ing.
6. Keep the silent final “e” and
the vowel before in the same syllable. The silent final “e” makes the vowel
before a long sound if there is only one consonant in between the vowel and the
“e”.
For example, basement.
7. Keep the r-controlled
vowels (ar, er, ir, or, and ur) in the same syllable.
For example, or-al-ly.
8. Keep the consonant-“le” sounds
(ble, cle, dle, fle, gle, and ple) in the same syllable. These syllables have
the schwa sound between the consonant and the “le”. The schwa sound sounds like
a nasal short u.
For example, cra-dle.
9. All words have one syllable that
has a primary accent. The vowel in the accented syllable receives the stress.
Words may also have secondary accents. The primary accent is usually found on
the vowel in the root, not the prefix or suffix. Also, the syllable before a
double consonant is usually accented.
For example, slów-ly and swím-ming.
10. Unaccented vowel sounds
frequently have the schwa sound, especially when there is only one letter in
the syllable. All vowels can have the schwa sound.
For example, a-boút.
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