The document discusses different types of syllables including closed syllables that end in a consonant, open syllables that end in a vowel, silent-e syllables that end in a vowel followed by a consonant, and others like vowel combination syllables and vowel-r syllables. It also examines syllable structure including onsets with single or clustered consonants at the start of syllables and codas with single or clustered consonants at the end. Different types of consonant clusters in onsets and codas are described in detail.

1. Lt Dr B. Ajantha Parthasarathi
Assistant Professor & Research Supervisor in English
Sri SRNM College, Sattur.
Email ID: ajantha@srnmcollege.ac.in

2. a unit of pronunciation having
one vowel sound, with or
without surrounding
consonants, forming the whole
or a part of a word
Syllable

3. ● Vowel - Nucleus
● Consonant before the N
■ Onset / Releasing Consonant
● Consonant after the N
■ Coda/ Arresting Consonant
Syllable Structure

4. Onset - pl
Rhyme - a & nt (Nucleus & coda)

5. ● Zero onset - syllable starts with a vowel
● Consonant cluster - syllable begins with more than one consonant
(2/3)
● Two consonant clusters
■ special, start, sky, smart, snail
■ ‘S’ - pre-initial consonant
■ ‘p/t/k/f/m/n’ - initial consonant
● Three consonant clusters
■ splash, strain, scratch, squash screen, squeak
■ ‘S’ - pre-initial consonant
■ ‘p/t/k’ - initial consonant
■ ‘l/r/w/j’ - post-initial consonant
Syllable Onset

6. ● Zero coda - No consonant at the end of the syllable
● Two types of two-consonant final cluster
■ Pre-final consonants – (m/n/ŋ/l/s) – bump, bent, bank, belt, ask
■ Post-final consonants – (s/z/t/d/θ) – bets, beds, backed, bagged, eighth
● Two types of three-consonant final cluster
■ Pre-final + Final + Post-final consonant clusters – he/l/pe/d, ba/nk/s,
bo/n/d/s, twe/l/f/th
■ Final + Post-final 1 + Post-final 2 – fi/f/th/s, la/p/se/d
● Two types of Four-consonant final cluster
■ Pre-final + Final + Post-final 1 + Post-final 2 – twe/l/f/th/s, pro/m/p/t/s
■ Final + Post-final 1 + Post-final 2 + Post-final 3 – si/x/th/s, te/x/t/s
Syllable Coda

7. Syllable - Kinds
Closed Syllables
The closed syllable has one vowel only and ends in a consonant.
Examples: ask, truck, on
Open Syllables
The open syllable has one vowel only and it occurs at the end.
Examples: no, she, I, spy
Silent – e Syllables
The silent – e syllable ends in ‘e’ followed by a consonant and the consonant is preceded by a single vowel.
Examples: ate, tune, slope, these
Vowel Combination Syllables
The vowel combination syllable has a cluster of two or three vowels or vowel-combination unit with a vowel sound.
Examples: day, see, pie, piece, noise, toy, true
Vowel – r Syllables
The vowel – r syllable has one vowel succeeded by ‘r’ or ‘r’ is succeeded by a vowel and preceded by a silent ‘e’.
Examples: car, care, air, deer, dare, fair, fare
Consonant – le Syllables
The consonant – le syllable has a consonant succeeded by ‘le’.
Examples: shuffle, cradle, trifle, tangle, bangle, terrible