Question

A word can be broken up into units of pronunciation each having one vowel sound (with or without consonant sounds around it). 

Each such unit is called a syllable.

For example: • to, got, will, see etc. have just one syllable.

                      • fa-ther, ma-son, buil-der have two syllables.

                      • en-gin-eer, car-pen-ter, cons-truc-tion etc. have three                            syllables.

Write down names of any five of your classmates and break them up into syllables. Write down the number of syllables in each of their names. 

Answer 1

1. Amit → A-mit (2 syllables)
2. Rohit → Ro-hit (2 syllables)
3. Priyanka → Pri-yan-ka (3 syllables)
4. Sandeep → San-deep (2 syllables)
5. Anjali → An-ja-li (3 syllables)