6 Syllable Types

Introduction to multisyllable routines:

What are the 6 most common syllable types in English?

Knowing these can strengthen your reading power to correctly decode, or figure out, words with many syllables.

There are 18 total videos to help you with recognizing and reading the 6 most common syllable types in English. When you get to an unfamiliar word, always look for the vowels to help you determine how many and what type of syllables you see, then decode or figure it out syllable by syllable.
Always ask yourself, "Does that make sense or sound like a real word?

#1 Recognize Closed syllables

examples: sit, clap

#2 Read Closed syllables

examples: flash, pig, sent

Short vowel sounds

#3 Read Closed 2-syllable words

examples: finish, plastic, goblin

#4 Recognize Silent-e syllables

examples: ate, bike, spoke

#5 Read Silent-e syllables

examples: pride, brute, theme

Long vowel sounds (or the "spoon" sound for u_e)

#6 Read 2 syllable words with a Silent-e syllable

examples: tadpole, complete, obtuse

#7 Recognize Open syllables

examples: no, she, hi

#8 Read Open syllables

examples: we, spy, flu

Long vowel sounds (when "y" is at the end of a 1-syllable word, it copies the long i sound)

#9 Read 2-syllable words with one or two Open syllables

examples: solo, locate, bison

#10 Recognize Vowel Team syllables

example: plain, float, tea, plow

#11 Read Vowel Team syllables

examples: straw, haul, gray, steep

Many possible vowel sounds: long, short(ea only), & other or variant

#12 Read 2-syllable words with one or two Vowel Team syllables

examples: raisin, exhaust, reproach

#13 Recognize Consonant-le syllables

examples: -ple, -tle, -fle

#14 Read Consonant-le syllables

examples: -zle, -dle, -gle

The "e" is silent.

#15 Read 2-syllable words with a Consonant-le syllable

examples: drizzle, shuffle, scramble

#16 Recognize Vowel-r syllables

examples: third, spar, blur

#17 Read Vowel-r syllables

examples: stern, yard, curd

r-controlled vowel sounds

#18 Read 2-syllable words with one or two Vowel-r syllables

examples: barber, partner, urgent

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