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Question
Pick out the word from the given box and write it in the correct columns below.
| jump, narrow, cable, live, queen, butter, tree, kitten, van, yellow, dale, happy, night, printer, star, sober, paper, cloud, pearl, within, bike, began, slender. |
Here the focus is not on the spellings but the pronunciation of the words.
| Words with one syllable | Words with two syllables |
Solution
| Words with one syllable | Words with two syllables |
| Jump. live, queen. van, dale, night, star, cloud, pearl bike | arrow, cable, butter, kitten, yellow, happy, printer sober, paper, within, began, slender |
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