The document defines syllabification as the process of dividing words into smaller parts called syllables. It notes that every syllable must contain a vowel sound. It then outlines the six types of syllabification: monosyllabic (one syllable), disyllabic (two syllables), trisyllabic (three syllables), tetrasyllabic (four syllables), pentasyllabic (five syllables), and polysyllabic (many syllables). Examples are provided for each type of syllabification.

2. SYLLABIFICATION

3. What is meant by syllabification?
The process of dividing words into
smaller parts or syllables is called
syllabification.
Note: Every syllable should have a vowel sound.

4. It has six types. They are
1. Monosyllabic words
2. Disyllabic or Bisyllabic words
3. Trisyllabic words
4. Tetrasyllabic words
5. Pentasyllabic words
6. Polysyllabic words

5. Monosyllabic words
Words having only
one syllable are called
Monosyllabic words.

6. Examples:
Act, cat, head,
Book, one, bat,
Life, plot, make, first

7. Disyllabic words
Words having only two
syllables are called
Disyllabic words.

8. Examples:
•Educate= edu- cate
•Beside= be- side
•Delay= de- lay
•Address= ad- dress
•Control= con- trol
•Suspect= sus- pect
•teacher= teach- er

9. Trisyllabic words
Words having only
three syllables are called
Trisyllabic words.

10. Examples:
• Tomorrow= to- mor- row
• Popular= po- pu- lar
• Consider= con- si- der
• Intention= in- ten- tion
• Tradition= tra- di- tion
• Charity= char- i- ty

11. Tetrasyllabic words
Words having four
syllables are called
Tetrasyllabic words.

12. Examples:
• Locality= lo- ca- li- ty
• Security= se- cu- ri- ty
• Atrocity= at- ro- ci- ty
• Participant= par- ti- ci- pant
• Morality= mo- ra- li- ty

13. Pentaasyllabic words
Words having five
syllables are called
Pentasyllabic words.

14. Examples:
• Classification= clas- si- fi- ca- tion
• Communication= com- mu- ni- ca- tion
• Appreciation= ap- pre- ci- a- tion

15. Polysyllabic words
Words having many
syllables are called
Polysyllabic words.

16. Examples:
• Syllabification= syl- la- bi- fi-ca- tion
• Personification= per- so- ni- fi- ca- tion
• Simultaneously= si- mul- ta- ne- ous- ly

17. ASSIGNMENT
Syllabify the words
1. English
2. University
3. College
4. Life
5. Fantastic