Syllables worksheet for teaching open and closed syllables with word examples and checkboxes.

Let's solve this syllable worksheet step by step.

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Understanding the Rules:

- Open syllable: A syllable that ends in a vowel and produces a long vowel sound.
Example: *go* → "go" is an open syllable because the 'o' is long.

- Closed syllable: A syllable that ends in a consonant and produces a short vowel sound.
Example: *dog* → "dog" is a closed syllable because the 'o' is short.

We need to:
1. Break each word into syllables.
2. Identify whether the first syllable is open or closed based on the vowel sound.

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Solving Each Word:

1) acorn
- Syllables: a-corn
- First syllable: a → pronounced as /æ/ (short a) → closed
✔ closed

2) napkin
- Syllables: nap-kin
- First syllable: nap → 'a' is short → closed
✔ closed

3) baby
- Syllables: ba-by
- First syllable: ba → 'a' is short → closed
✔ closed

4) pocket
- Syllables: poc-ket
- First syllable: poc → 'o' is short → closed
✔ closed

5) cargo
- Syllables: car-go
- First syllable: car → 'a' is short → closed
✔ closed

6) hero
- Syllables: he-ro
- First syllable: he → 'e' is long → open
✔ open

7) bucket
- Syllables: buck-et
- First syllable: buck → 'u' is short → closed
✔ closed

8) pumpkin
- Syllables: pump-kin
- First syllable: pump → 'u' is short → closed
✔ closed

9) lady
- Syllables: la-dy
- First syllable: la → 'a' is long → open
✔ open

10) pencil
- Syllables: pen-cil
- First syllable: pen → 'e' is short → closed
✔ closed

11) lion
- Syllables: li-on
- First syllable: li → 'i' is long → open
✔ open

12) ocean
- Syllables: o-ce-an
- First syllable: o → 'o' is long → open
✔ open

13) kitten
- Syllables: kit-ten
- First syllable: kit → 'i' is short → closed
✔ closed

14) pilot
- Syllables: pi-lot
- First syllable: pi → 'i' is long → open
✔ open

15) study
- Syllables: stu-dy
- First syllable: stu → 'u' is short → closed
✔ closed

16) unbox
- Syllables: un-box
- First syllable: un → 'u' is short → closed
✔ closed

17) paper
- Syllables: pa-per
- First syllable: pa → 'a' is short → closed
✔ closed

18) robot
- Syllables: ro-bot
- First syllable: ro → 'o' is long → open
✔ open

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✔ Final Answers:

| # | Word | Syllables | First Syllable Type |
|---|----------|---------------|---------------------|
| 1 | acorn | a-corn | closed |
| 2 | napkin | nap-kin | closed |
| 3 | baby | ba-by | closed |
| 4 | pocket | poc-ket | closed |
| 5 | cargo | car-go | closed |
| 6 | hero | he-ro | open |
| 7 | bucket | buck-et | closed |
| 8 | pumpkin | pump-kin | closed |
| 9 | lady | la-dy | open |
|10 | pencil | pen-cil | closed |
|11 | lion | li-on | open |
|12 | ocean | o-ce-an | open |
|13 | kitten | kit-ten | closed |
|14 | pilot | pi-lot | open |
|15 | study | stu-dy | closed |
|16 | unbox | un-box | closed |
|17 | paper | pa-per | closed |
|18 | robot | ro-bot | open |

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✔ Summary of Open Syllables (First Syllable):

- open: #6 (hero), #9 (lady), #11 (lion), #12 (ocean), #14 (pilot), #18 (robot)

All others are closed.

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