Open syllable

An open syllable ends with a vowel sound that is spelled with a single vowel letter (a, e, i, o, or u). Examples include me, e/qual, pro/gram, mu/sic. • A closed syllable has a short vowel ending in a consonant. Examples include hat, dish, bas/ket.

1. Is open an open or closed syllable?
2. How do you teach open syllables?
3. What words have open first syllable?

Is open an open or closed syllable?

It's called an open syllable because the vowel is “open”—that is, nothing comes after it except open space. In open syllables, the vowel says its long sound.

How do you teach open syllables?

Tell students that an open syllable occurs when a vowel is at the end of the syllable, which results in the long vowel sound as in “o/pen.” A closed syllable occurs when a syllable ends with a consonant, which results in a short vowel sound as in sit.

What words have open first syllable?

The first syllables in words like “paper”, “being” “final”, “hoping”, “brutal” and “future” end with a “long” vowel, and are sometimes called “open” syllables.