Grade 2 Syllabication Practice
A worksheet for second graders to practice identifying and dividing words into syllables.
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Syllabication Practice
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Read each instruction carefully and complete the activities. Syllables are parts of words that have one vowel sound. We can clap out syllables to help us read and spell big words!
1. Clap out the syllables for each word. Write the number of syllables you hear.
a. elephant
b. teacher
c. butterfly
d. running
2. Divide each word into syllables using a dash (-).
a. summer
b. rainbow
c. computer
d. happy
3. Choose the correct way to divide the word into syllables.
What is the correct way to divide the word 'basket'?
bas-ket
bask-et
ba-sket
basket
What is the correct way to divide the word 'garden'?
gar-den
gard-en
ga-rden
gar-d-en
4. Write two words with 2 syllables, and two words with 3 syllables. Divide them with a dash (-).
2-syllable words:
3-syllable words:
5. Read each statement. Is it True or False?
The word 'apple' has one syllable.
True
False
A syllable always has a vowel sound.
True
False