Syllabication Middle School

Which syllable type should I use for the word complex?

• VC/CCV

• VCC/CV

• VV

What is a closed syllable?

• a syllable that ends in a vowel

• a syllable that starts with a vowel

• a syllable that ends with a consonant

How should we break up the word, quiet?

• VC/CCV

• V/V

• VCC/CV

Which syllable type works for this word?

• V/V

• VC/CCV

• VCC/CV

How should you break up this word?

• pum/pkin

• pumpk/in

• pump/kin

Pen/guin. Does this word have open or closed syllables?

• Both are open

• Both are closed

• 1 open; 1 closed

Which syllable type applies to the word, create?

• V/V

• VC/CCV

• VCC/CV

Gi/ant. What kind of syllables does this word have?

• 1 closed; 1 open

• Both are open

• 1 open; 1 closed

Area. Pick the correct way to break up this word.

• Ar/e/a

• Are/a

• A/re/a

Actual. Pick the correct way to break up this word.

• Act/u/al

• ac/tua/l

• ac/tu/al