Unit 8: Syllables: how to divide words
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Syllables are the number of BEATS in a word. |
To work out how many syllables are in a word, we can clap each beat:
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Hap-py Birth-day to you |
Hap - py, has two beats so we would clap two times,
Birth - day also has two beats,
to and you only have one beat/syllable.
Try these words, counting the correct number of syllables:
Count the syllables. |
Type the number: |
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