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Chapter        15   The Syllable Rules

                        Learning how to divide a word into several syllable,

                        Also learning easy to read, easy to spell a word

A syllable is a word or part of a word that contains one vowel sound.

音節，只有一個母音的部分，有許多規則要遵守。

1.         When two consonants separate two vowel sounds, the first syllable usually ends after the first consonant. This rule usually does not apply with digraphs and blends.

當兩個母音被兩個子音分開時，第一個音節通常以第一個子音結束。此規則不適用於digraphs及blends

winter=win/ter

person=per/son

picnic=pic/nic

candy=can/dy

curtain=cur/tain

fashion=fa-shion        sh=digraph

weather=wea/ther    th=digraph

trophy=tro/phy          ph=digraph

reply=re/ply                 pl=blend

2.         When only one consonant separates two vowel sounds, the first syllable usually ends with the first vowel sound.

當兩個母音被一個子音分開時，第一個音節通常以第一個母音結束。

open=o/pen

below=be/low

human=hu/man

around=a/round

petal=pe/tal

3.         When “le” comes at the end of a word, it usually adds a syllable to the word. The consonant before the “le” is part of the last syllable.

bubble=bub/ble

middle=mid/dle

eagle=ea/gle

bettle=bee/tle

dazzle=daz/zle

4.         When a root word has a prefix or a suffix added to it, the prefix or the suffix usually makes a syllable.

You cannot break the root word. But there is a connecting sound between the prefix or suffix and the root.

heat=root word

reheat=re/heat

heats=heat/s

heated=heat/ed

heater=heat/er

heating=heat/ing

unheated=un/heat/ed

unlock=un/lock

return=re/turn

worker=work/er

joyful=joy/ful

Practice 1：請寫出有幾個音節(syllables)

        selfish                            2      sel/fish

        alarm                             2      a/larm

        accident                        3      ac/ci/dent

        breathe                         1      breathe

        suddenly                       3      sud/den/ly

        startle                            2      star/tle

        carefully                        3      care/ful/ly

        beautiful                       3      beau/ti/ful

        untied                            2      un/tied

        finished                         2      fi/nished

        whistle                           2      whis/tle

        furniture                       3      fur/ni/ture

        wonderful                    3      won/der/ful

        splashed                        1      splashed

        critically                         4      cri/ti/cal/ly

        walked                           1      walked

        cleaned                          1      cleaned

        planted                          2      plan/ted

Practice 2：請寫出音節(syllables)

ribbon                           rib/bon

almost                           al/most

bracket                          brack/et

                                        not brac/ket

                                        ck is a ending blend

machine                        ma/chine

                                        ch is a digraph

panic                              pa/nic

cushion                         cu/shion

                                        sh is a digraph

brother                         bro/ther

                                        th is a digraph

grocer                            gro/cer

frighten                         fright/ten

                                        fright is a root

refill                                re/fill

                                        fill is a root