Exercise 25—Syllabication
What is a syllable?
Choose a word and notice that every vowel sound in it makes a syllable. Therefore, you never have two vowels in one syllable unless the two are pronounced as one sound.
In pronouncing notice carefully to which syllable a consonant belongs; as in dif-fer-ent, beau-ti-fy, dai-sy.
Divide the following words into syllables. If you cannot decide with which syllable a consonant belongs, consult a dictionary.
| paper | grocer | rotate | mystery |
| tomato | erect | repeat | regular |
| vinegar | polish | general | arithmetic |
If a syllable, especially an accented syllable, ends in a vowel, what is usually the length of the vowel?
If the syllable ends in a consonant, what is usually the length of the vowel of the syllable?
When a consonant is doubled, the division is usually made between the two letters; as,