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This document summarizes common syllable rules and exceptions in English. It provides rules for determining whether the vowel sound in a syllable is long or short based on the consonants surrounding it. It also lists exceptions to these rules where the vowel sound is different than expected. The summary provides guidelines for determining stress patterns in words with multiple syllables or suffixes. Finally, it notes special cases like r-controlled vowels and vowel digraphs that follow different patterns.

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Syllable Types Poster

This document summarizes common syllable rules and exceptions in English. It provides rules for determining whether the vowel sound in a syllable is long or short based on the consonants surrounding it. It also lists exceptions to these rules where the vowel sound is different than expected. The summary provides guidelines for determining stress patterns in words with multiple syllables or suffixes. Finally, it notes special cases like r-controlled vowels and vowel digraphs that follow different patterns.

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SYLLABLE RULE EXCEPTION

closed The consonant closes in the Sometimes the vowel will


cat vowel and makes it short. be long.
ild, ind, old, ost, olt
wild
c cvc- cat, thick, quit
vc/cv- nap/kin, rab/bit
child, wind, cold, post,
bolt c
e
open
e
The vowel can change
The vowel is open and usually sounds in some multiple
Alaska
me long.
cv- be, me, hi
syllable words,
especially a and i.
o e o

o v/c- ti/ger fo/cus Tampa, complicated,


indicate
animal
o
v-e Sometimes the vowel is

give
The e is silent, skips over the short.
cake consonant, and makes the give, festive, live

e v-e
vowel say it’s name.
vce- cake, flute
ive, ace, age, ate, ile,
ite, ine v-e
-le When the syllable has an
puzzle A 2 a consonant with ‘le’ at in
the last syllable.
s, the t and e are silent.
castle, whistle
castle
-le
bub/ble cir/cle ta/ble
-le -stle

r- controlled bossy “r”


If ‘r’ is followed by

burn
One vowel followed by the
letter r that changes the
another ‘r’ the vowel is
short.
berry
sound of the vowel.
Larry, hurry, carry r o
r star, horn, her, bird, burn
tur/nip car/rot

"d" Vowel digraph- diphthong


Two vowels form together to

boat
make a long or a new sound.
Two vowels together
sometimes need to be create
o v-e
plain, toe, boil
divided.
ai, ay, ee, ey, oa, oe, ue, oi,
vi o lin, mo sa ic
oy, au, aw, ou, ow, oo, ea, eu,
ew, ui Sarah Roberts- The Wanderlust Teacher
How To Read Tricky Words
1. Look for any parts you know
 base words
 roots
 affixes reconstructed
prefixes and build
suffixes
meaning: built again

2. Divide by syllable type


reconstructed
o c c
Put it together: After the earthquake, many buildings needed to be reconstructed .

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