You break words into syllables. Take the word impossible, for instance: im.pos.si.ble
There are three syllables. Break-a-ble.
There are 2 syllables. Small-est.
Ac-knol-edge-ment. 4 syllables.
There are two syllables separated like so: pul-ley.
Words that have the VCCCV (Vowel-Consonant- Consonant-Consonant-Vowel) pattern are divided into syllables between the first and second consonants, as in the wordap/proach. The sounds of the second and third consonants are blended together.
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You break words into syllables. Take the word impossible, for instance: im.pos.si.ble
You can break any combination of words into syllables. There are three syllables in 'good morning': Good-mor-ning.
No
A VCCCV word is a word that contains a pattern of vowels and consonants, typically with a vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant structure. Examples of VCCCV words include "basketball" and "mismatch."
vcccv pumpkin
merchant, Christmas, substance, persuaded, constuction
Yes because sandwich has a vcccv pattern, sandwich. The bold letters are the vcccv pattern.
The word "district" follows the vcccv pattern, with the vowels being "i" and "i" and consonants being "d", "s", "t", "r", and "c".
Daybreak has two syllables. The syllables are day-break.
Pho-to-syn-the-sis. Once you break your words into parts like that, it is easy to see how many syllables a word has.