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SYLLABLE

TYPES
C•L•O•V•E•R

CLOSED
A syllable having a short
vowel sound followed by a
consonant or a CVC pattern.

Consonant
+Le
A syllable containing a
consonant before le.

OPEN
A syllable ending in a vowel;
vowel usually has the
long sound.

Vowel
TEAM
A syllable with a vowel pair
that makes a long vowel
sound.

Silent E
A syllable with
a long
vowel sound.

R-Controlled
A syllable containing a
vowel followed by r.

Knowing the syllable types is vital to reading and decoding multi-syllable words in English.

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