Syllabication

Syllabication means dividing words correctly.


9 rules in dividing words

1. Words having one vowel sound or one syllable may never be denied. Example: pulse, make, walk
2. Compound words made up of two single syllables maybe divided between the words. Example; cup-cake, foot-ball, rain-coat
3. Words having prefixes and suffixes maybe divided between the prefix and the root word or between the rootword and the suffix. Example: re-tell, child-less
4. When two consonant come between two consonants. Example: pattern, victory, picture
5. When a word begins with a single vowel that is sounded separately, divided after that vowel. Example: a-maze
6. When a vowel is sounded alone in a word, divided before and after that vowel. Example: edu-cate
7. Divided the syllable after the consonant, if the first vowel is long. Example: mo-ment
8. When le is preceded by a consonat and the end the le forms a separate syllable. Example : tab-le
9. When two vowels come together in word bu each vowel has separate sound, divided between the two vowels as in. Example: tri-als