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Syllables Worksheets

Explore our syllable worksheets chock-full of exercises that include charts, tables, match, cut and glue syllables, sorting into their types, circling mono and disyllabic words, syllabication in compound words, and a word challenge printable to top it all. Download our free worksheets now to boost reading fluency!

Counting Syllables in Words

Read each word in these syllable worksheets, break it down into syllables, count the syllables, and color the correct number on the flower.

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Syllables - Sort

Sort the words in the box based on the syllable types into r-controlled, silent-e, vowel team, and consonant-le.

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Open and Closed Syllable Sorting

Syllabicate each word and then classify the first syllable of words as open or closed in these worksheets.

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Syllable Poster

Warm up to the idea of segmenting words into smaller sound units with our attractive syllables poster.

Syllable Clapping

Clap to segment words into syllables and identify the correct count in each syllable worksheet. Circle the matching number of claps.

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Types of Syllable Chart

This printable chart illustrates the six types of syllables with their descriptions, hints, and examples.

Segmenting Syllables in VC/CV pattern

Identify the VC/CV syllable pattern in each word, segment the words using that pattern, and understand the rules for dividing words into syllables.

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Cut and Match the Syllables

Decode two separate syllables that go together in these worksheets. Cut and glue the two syllables, blending them to form two-syllable words.

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Segmenting Syllables | V/CV and VC/V

Learn to break words into syllables using V/CV and VC/V patterns and improve spelling, reading, and pronunciation.

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Breaking Words into Syllables

Split up the words in these PDF worksheets into syllables, count the number of syllables in each, and record the number to complete a table.

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Syllable Splitting - MCQ

Apply appropriate syllabication rules and choose the correctly divided syllables for several multi-syllable words.

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Evaluating Syllables

Study the pre-done syllable divisions of the words in these worksheets. Evaluate the segmentation, identify and rectify the errors in syllabication.

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Circle Mono- and Di- Syllabic Words

Analyze each word, mentally splitting it into syllables. In part A, circle the words with a single syllable, and in part B, circle words with two syllables.

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Compound Word Syllables

Identify the syllable divisions and the final count for each compound word in these worksheets on syllabication.

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Syllable Sorting Themed

Categorize holiday-themed words from the word bank into monosyllables, disyllables, and trisyllables based on the number of syllables they contain.

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Syllable Challenge

The main task in these worksheets is for children to find and write words corresponding to specific syllable counts into the designated boxes.

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