Syllables

Spoken English: Understanding Syllables

What are Syllables?

Syllable means a group of Vowel and Consonant Sounds that may come together to form the word.
Syllable is the smallest unit of language which has a vowel sound. Syllables of three types: 1. Monosyllable (One Syllable: as bat, cat, rat, mat, pat, sun, make, take, go etc)
2. Di-syllable (Consisting two syllables: Report, Beauty, Affix, Exceed, Repose, Duty etc), and
3. Polysyllable (Three or More than three Syllable: Important, Renovation, Glorification, Unpredictable, Opportunity, Discontinuance)
Consequently, a word may consists of Three Types of Construction i.e. Monosyllabic, Di-syllabic or Polysyllabic Construction...!!!

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