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Syllable Rules

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Syllable Rules Rule #1 Every syllable has one vowel sound. Rule #2 The number of vowel sounds in a word equals the number of syllaloles. home =1 sub « ject =2 pub « lish + ing =3 Rule #3 Aone syllable word is never divided. stop feel bell Rule #4 Consonant blends and digraphs are never separated. rest + Ing bush + el teach + Ing Rule #5 When a word has a ekor an xin it, the word is usually divided after the ck or x. nick + el tox +i Rule #6 A compound word is divided between the two words that make the compound word. in+ side foot + bal! tooth + brush Rule #7 When two or more consonants come between two vowels in a word, it is usually divided between the first two consonants. sister bul- ter hun ory Rule #8 When a single consonant comes between two vowels in a word, it is usually divided after the consonant if the vowel is short. leveer cabs in = habs it Rule #9 When a single consonant comes between two vowels in a word, it is usually divided before the consonant if the vowel Is long. ba. sin fe. ver major Rule #10 When two vowels come together in a word,and are sounded separately, divide the word between the two vowels. Ia+divo di-el Isde+a Rule #11 When a vowel is sounded alone in a word, it forms a syllable itself. grad + u+ ate a+ pron uenit Rule #12 A word that has a prefix is divided between the root word and the prefix. dis » count mis + fit un «tio Rule #13 When be, de, ex and re are at the beginning of a word, they make a syllable of their own. be + came de «fend ex + hale fe + main Rule #14 A word that has a suffix is divided between the root word and the suffix. kind - ness thank + ful siuff + ing Rule #15 When a word ends in le, preceded by a consonant, the word is divided before that consonant. pure ple fumble middie Rule #16 When -ed comes at the end of a word, it forms a syllable only when preceded by d ort. stat» od fund + ed Rule #17 When a word or syllable ends in al or el, these letters usually form the last syllable. lev eel us + Usal Rule #18 The suffixes able and ible form their own syllable. print « able con + verl + ible Rule #19 When ture and tion are at the end of a word, they make their own syllable. lo «lion pos + jure Rule #20 A word should be divided between syllables at the end of a line. The hyphen (-) stays with the syllable at the end of the line. By ihe time they declded to go lo the susermer- ket, it was already ork,

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