Question

syllabify heater , curtain ​

Answer 1

Syllabify the given words:

Heater

Curtain

Answer:

1) Heater has 2 syllables. => Heat - er

2) Curtain has 2 syllables. =>  Cur - tain.

• Syllabify means to divide a word into its constituent syllables.

• A syllable is defined as the pronunciation having one vowel sound, with surrounding consonants.

Few examples:

There are five syllables in the word 'determination'.

• de-ter-mi-na-tion

There are three syllables in the word 'consonant'

• con-so-nant

There are two syllables in the word 'paper'

• pa-per