Syllabication Practice Exercises for Middle School

Divide the word 'elephant' into syllables.

• el-e-phant

• elep-hant

• el-e-phant

• ele-phant

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CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the correct syllabication of the word 'computer'?

• com-put-er

• com-pu-ter

• com-pu-ter

• com-pu-tor

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CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

How many syllables are in the word 'banana'?

• 5

• 4

• 2

• 3

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Separate the word 'umbrella' into its syllables.

• um-bel-la

• um-brel-la

• um-bra-lla

• um-brel-la

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Identify the syllable division in the word 'chocolate'.

• cho-co-latte

• choco-late

• choc-o-late

• cho-co-late

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CCSS.RF.1.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What are the syllables in the word 'watermelon'?

• wa-ter-mel-an

• wa-ter-mel-on

• wa-ter-mel-own

• wa-ter-melon

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Divide the word 'pencil' into syllables.

• pen-cil

• pen-cil

• pen-cil

• pen-cil

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

How would you syllabicate the word 'television'?

• televi-sion

• tele-vi-sion

• tele-vi-sun

• te-le-vi-sion

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CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Count the number of syllables in the word 'happiness'.

• 3

• 5

• 2

• 4

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Separate the word 'giraffe' into its syllables.

• gir-affe

• gir-fae

• gir-afe

• girra-fe

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A