Words are made up of syllables, like the beats in music.
These words have one syllable:
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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.
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