Words are made up of syllables, like the beats in music.

These words have one syllable:

box   cat   book

These words have two syllables:  

apple   carrot   bundle

This word has three syllables:

important

Breaking up longer words into syllables can help with spellings. Each syllable always contains at least one vowel (a e i o u).

im-por-tant

In this worksheet you can practise spelling longer words by breaking them up into syllables.