Primary 1 English Studies Flashcards: Pre-Reading Skills: Syllables and Word Structure

Question 1

A syllable is a part of a word that has one ____.

Accepted Answer

sound

Question 2

When using the clapping method to count syllables, we ____ once for each sound part.

Accepted Answer

clap

Question 3

The word 'dog' has ____ syllable.

Accepted Answer

1

Question 4

The word 'fish' has ____ syllable.

Accepted Answer

1

Question 5

The word 'water' has ____ syllables.

Accepted Answer

2

Question 6

The word 'tiger' has ____ syllables.

Accepted Answer

2

Question 7

The word 'monkey' has ____ syllables.

Accepted Answer

2

Question 8

The word 'banana' has ____ syllables.

Accepted Answer

3

Question 9

The word 'elephant' has ____ syllables.

Accepted Answer

3

Question 10

The word 'computer' has ____ syllables.

Accepted Answer

3

Question 11

The word 'pencil' broken into syllables is ____.

Accepted Answer

pen-cil

Question 12

The word 'happy' broken into syllables is ____.

Accepted Answer

hap-py

Question 13

The word 'sister' broken into syllables is ____.

Accepted Answer

sis-ter

Question 14

The word 'mango' broken into syllables is ____.

Accepted Answer

man-go

Question 15

A word made by joining two smaller complete words is called a ____ word.

Accepted Answer

compound

Question 16

The compound word 'sunflower' is made of 'sun' and ____.

Accepted Answer

flower

Question 17

The compound word 'football' is made of 'foot' and ____.

Accepted Answer

ball

Question 18

The compound word 'rainbow' is made of 'rain' and ____.

Accepted Answer

bow

Question 19

The compound word 'bedroom' is made of 'bed' and ____.

Accepted Answer

room

Question 20

'Tooth' and 'brush' join to make the compound word ____.

Accepted Answer

toothbrush

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