The Seven Syllable Types:

1. closed syllables

have a short vowel sound

end in a consonant

examples: hit, glum, mag-net, con-test, muf-fin

2. open syllables

end in a vowel

the vowel sound is long

examples: ba-by, mu-sic, o-pen, me

3. silent e syllables

end in a silent "e"

have two vowels, but not side by side

the first vowel sound is long

examples: con-fuse, com-plete, ex-plode

4. consonant-le syllables

always have 1 consonant followed by and " l " and an "e"

always just part of a word and never the first syllable in a word

have a schwa vowel sound between the consonant and the "l"

examples: pur-ple, twin-kle, cir-cle

5. r controlled syllables

the "r" controls or changes the vowel sound

have one vowel followed by an "r"

the vowel sound is neither long or short

examples: per-fume, doc-tor, flirt, lan-tern

6. Vowel Team (Digraph) syllables

have two vowels together

usually have a long vowel sound, but, sometimes can have a short sound

some make the long sound of the first vowel , like in rain

some make the long sound of the second vowel, like in thief

some make a long vowel sound that does not appear, like in eight

examples: day, tree, meat, oat-meal, snow, tie, head

7. Vowel Diphthong Syllables

have two vowels together

have a special or unusual vowel sound

often have these sounds:

/aw/ saw

/ow/ cow

/oi/ oil

/oo/ book

/oo/ moon

examples: aw-ful, chow-der, poi-son, Tues-day