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The Six Syllable Types

Grade 2
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ANSWER KEY — teacher copy
There are six syllable types. Each one tells you what the vowel says: closed (cat — short), open (go — long), silent e (cake — long), vowel team (rain), r-controlled (car), and consonant-le (ta·ble).

Examples: bike → silent e  ·  sit → closed  ·  turn → r-controlled

Read each syllable. Write its type.

1. lunch closed
2. rain vowel team
3. cube silent e
4. no open
5. snow vowel team
6. cake silent e
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