1. Study the words
given above in
their syllabicated
form.

2. a. pur-ple
b. fum-ble
c. mid-dle
d. start-ed
e. fund-ed
f. lev-el
g. us-u-al
h. print-able
i. con-vert-ible

3. Formulate the
rules of
syllabication
where these
words apply:

4. 15. When a word ends in
le, preceded by a
consonant, the word is
divided before the
consonant.
a. pur-ple
b. fum-ble
c. mid-dle

5. 16. When –ed comes at
the end of a word, it
forms a syllable only
when preceded by d or
t.
d. start-ed
e. fund-ed

6. 17. When a word or
syllable ends in al or
el, these usually form
el
the last syllable.
f. lev-el
g. us-u-al

7. 18. The suffixes able and
ible form their own
syllable.
h. print-able
i. con-vert-ible

8. EXERCISES
Syllabicate the
following words from
the selection,
Payatas.

9. a. landslide
b. swamp
c. garbage
d. disaster
e. relocation

10. a. land-slide
b. swamp
c. garb-age
d. di-sas-ter
e. re-lo-ca-tion

11. f. sentiment
g. torrents
h. diggings
i. close
j. promises

12. f. sen-ti-ment
g. tor-rents
h. dig-gings
i. close
j. prom-ise

13. k. dwelling
l. collapse
m. community
n. residence
o. calamity

14. k. dwell-ing
l. col-lapse
m. com-mu-ni-ty
n. res-i-dence
o. ca-lam-i-ty

15. p. victim
q. receive
r. repeat
s. operator
t. avalanche

16. p. vic-tim
q. re-ceive
r. re-peat
s. op-er-a-tor
t. av-a-lanche