Name
Date
DIRECTIONS: Say each word and count its syllables (beats). Hand under your chin: your jaw drops once per beat.
Part A — How many syllables?
Part B — Where does it split?
Two consonants in the middle? Split between them: nap / kin.
Only one? Split before it: ti / ger. Sounds wrong? Split after it instead.
Part C — Beginning, middle, end.
| Word | Front bit | Word in the middle | End bit | What it means |
|---|
| unhappily | | | | |
| rebuilding | | | | |
| disagreement | | | | |
| unbreakable | | | | |
| preheating | | | | |
| mispronounced | | | | |
Part D — Read them out loud.
Chop each one with your pencil, read it, and write how many beats.
Part E — Think about it.
- Which word on this whole sheet was the hardest to read? Why do you think that one was harder than the others?
- Find a word of four or more syllables in a book you are reading. Write it here and chop it up.