SYLLABICATION

SYLLABICATION
: the act, process, or method of forming or dividing word into syllables.

MONOSYLLABIC WORDS
: words with one syllable.

 FOUR LETTERS HAVING ONE SYLLABLE

EXAMPLES:
 Raid
 Head
 Slow
 Week
 Base

 FIVE LETTERS HAVING ONE SYLLABLE

EXAMPLES:
 sword
 faith
 blame
 crown
 speak

 SIX LETTERS HAVING ONE SYLLABLE

EXAMPLES:
 cheeks
 yelled
 school
 rhythm
 tongue

DISYLLABIC/BISYLLABIC WORDS
: words with two syllables.

 NINE LETTERS HAVING TWO SYLLABLES

EXAMPLES:
 judge-ment
 chal-lenge
 parch-ment
 shel-tered
 land-marks

 TEN LETTERS HAVING TWO SYLLABLES

EXAMPLES:
 thresh-hold
 con-science
 dis-charged
 scrip-tures
 speech-less

TRISYLLABIC WORDS
: words with three syllables.

 EIGHT LETTERS HAVING THREE SYLLABLES

EXAMPLES:
 he-ri-tage
  ad-vo-cate
 dra-ma-tic
 di-lem-ma
 sur-vi-val

 NINE LETTERS HAVING THREE SYLLABLES

EXAMPLES:
 for-bid-den
 des-troy-er
 en-dea-vour
 a-ban-doned
 suf-fer-ing

TETRASYLLABIC WORDS
: words with four syllables.

 EIGHT LETTERS HAVING FOUR SYLLABLES

EXAMPLES:
 lo-ca-li-ty
 mi-li-ta-ry
 ef-fi-ca-cy
 e-qua-li-ty
 se-cu-ri-ty

 TEN LETTERS HAVING FOUR SYLLABLES

EXAMPLES:
 oc-cu-pa-tion
 as-so-ci-ates
 ad-van-ta-ges
 in-di-vid-ual
 il-lit-er-ate

Prepared by:
MS. DIANNE MAE G. DAGA, LPT
NAME: ___________________________________________________

DIRECTION: IDENTIFY IF THE FOLLOWING IS MONOSYLLABIC, DISYLLABIC, TRISYLLABIC OR

TETRASYLLABIC WORDS.

_______________________1. pirate

_______________________ 2. companion

_______________________ 3. inferiority

_______________________ 4.bomb

_______________________ 5. colonel

_______________________ 6. century

_______________________ 7. Africa

_______________________ 8. seasonal

_______________________ 9. recently

_______________________ 10. miraculous

_______________________ 11.tradition

_______________________ 12.personification

_______________________ 13. initiative

_______________________ 14. table

_______________________ 15. fantastic