Andhra Pradesh BIEAP AP Inter 1st Year English Study Material Communication Skills Syllables Questions and Answers.
AP Inter 1st Year English Communication Skills Syllables
The basic unit of speech is syllable. Though it is very difficult to define a syllable, we can, without difficulty, identify the syllables in a word. Words are made up of one or more syllables. Words like tea, boy, girl, bus, and bill have one syllable each. A word with one syllable is called a monosyllabic words. Words like teacher, pencil and nation have two syllables and are called disyllabic “words. Words like remember and cigarette have three syllables and are called as trisyllabic words. Words like population have four syllables and words Hke examination have five syllables. Words comprising more than three syllables are called polysyllabic words. Usually syllable division is marked with a hyphen. For example, the word steamer is divided as stea-mer, /sti:-mə/ and cigarette is divided as ci-ga-rette, /sɪ-gə-ret/ and so on.
| Word | Phonetic transcription with syllable division | Number of syllables |
| June | /d3u:n/ . | One (monosyllabic) |
| eye | /aı/ | One (monosyllabic) |
| pencil | /pen-s(ə)l/ | Two(disyllabic) |
| engine | /en-d3ın/ | Two(disyllabic) |
| captain | /kæp-tın/ | Two (disyllabic) |
| beautiful | /bju:tı-fυl/ | three (trisyllabic) |
| fantastic | /fæn-tæs-tık/ | Three (trisyllabic) |
| politics | /pɒ-lı-tıks/ | Three (trisyllabic) |
| dictionary | /dik-ʃ(ə)-n(ə)-ri/ | Four (polysyllabic) |
| examination | /əg-za-mə-neə-ʃ(ə)n/ | Five (polysyllabic) |
Task 1
Write the number ofsyUablesin the words given below, (one is done for you)
| S.No | Word with Transcription | Write the number of syllables |
| 1 | Release | /rıli:s/ |
| 2 | Consonant | /’kɒns(ə)nənt/ |
| 3 | Exception | /ıksepʃ(ə)n/ |
| 4 | Politics | /pɒlıtıks/ |
| 5 | Speaker | /spi:kə/ |
| 6 | Possibility | /pɒsıbılıti/ |
| 7 | Relationship | /rıleıʃ(ə)nʃıp/ |
| 8 | Represent | /reprızɜnt/ |
| 9 | Celebrate | /selıbreıt/ |
| 10 | Marginal | /ma:dʒın(ə)l/ |
Task 2
Divide the following words into syllables and mention the number of syllables
| S.No. | Word | Syllable division | Number of syllables |
| 1 | principal | prin-ci-pal | Three |
| 2 | together | to-ge-ther | Three |
| 3 | cosmetic | cos-me-tic | 3 |
| 4 | disaster | di-sa-ster | 3 |
| 5 | photographer | pho-to-gra-pher | 4 |
| 6 | immortality | im-mo-ra-li-ty | 5 |
| 7 | madagascar | ma-da-ga-scar | 4 |
| 8 | ingredients | in-gre-di-ents | 4 |
| 9 ‘ | superstitions | su-per-sti’-tions | 4 |
| 10 | syllable | sy-lla-ble | $ |
Task 3
Write a word for the stated number of syllables from your lessons
| S.No. | Monosyllabic | Disyllabic | Trisyllabic | Polysyllabic |
| 1 | blue | student | umbrella | catastrophic |
| 2 | book | booklet | elephant | photographic |
| 3 | bend | bandage | syllable | industrials |
| 4 | tend | tending | character | meaningfully |
| 5 | write | Rewrite | countryside | socialistic |
| 6 | look | lookout | counselling | Automobile |
| 7 | speak | bather | respected | automatic |
| 8 | rough | sweetheart | tourister | purification |
| 9 | That | therefore | society | affordable |
| 10 | This | pleasure | company | superstition |
Note : Since the focus is on syllable division, word accent is avoided so that there is no confusion.
Additional Input
The table provided below is for your further reference :
| S.No. | Mono-syllabic | Di-syllabic | Tri-syllabic | Poly-syllabic |
| 1 | joy | tri.fle | pe.nu.ry | fun.da.men.tal |
| 2 | knee | re.volt | en.com.pass | in.de.pen.dence |
| 3 | strength | frag.ment | en.ve.lope | me.tho.do.lo.gy |
| 4 | arrow | sus.pend | con.ti.nent | per.so.na.li.ty |
| 5 | treat | laugh.ter | con.fi.dance | a.bi.li.ty |
| 6 | scoff | sub.lime | tra.ge.dy | fi.gu.ra.tive |
| 7 | screen | cy.nic | ful.fil.ment | sym.bo.li.sm |
| 8 | brave | sa.wy | sy.lla.ble | com.pre.hen.sion |
| 9 | cent | to. day | for.ma.tion | dis.cri.mi.na.tion |
| 10 | young | croo.ked | ma.gis.trate | re.vo.lu.tio.na.ry |
Exercise 1
Write the number of syllables in the following words.
1. handsom – two syllables
2. right – one syllable
3. beautiful – three syllables
4. administration – four syllables
5. population – four syllables
6. today – two syllables
7. continent – three syllables
8. crooked – two syllables
9. new – one syllable
10. honourable – four syllables
11. despair – two syllables
12. laughter – two syllables
13. ahame – one syllable
14. good – one syllable
15. one – one syllable
16. truth – one syllable
17. mystery – three syllables
18. soul – one syllable
19. adventure – three syllables
20. scoundrel – two syllables
21. impatient – three syllables
22. light – one syllable
23. commonwealth – three syllables
24. brunt – one syllable
25. hauled – one syllable
26. mangled – two syllables
27. onslaught – two syllables
28. amputate – three syllables
29. acclimatized – four syllables
30. reach – one syllable
31. prosthetic – three syllables
32. swivel – two syllables
33. resilience – four syllables
34. intervention – four syllables
35. knife – one syllable
36. civil – two syllables
37. configuration – five syllables
38. strategy – three syllables
39. humanitarian – five syllables
40. vulnerability – six syllables
41. sort – one syllable
42. immune – two syllables
43. tempest – two syllables
44. substantial – three syllables
45. insolent – three syllables
46. penury – three syllables
47. strike – one syllable
48. fruitful – two syllables
49. protocol – three syllables
50. surrender – three syllables
51. order – two syllables
52. affordable – four syllables
53. calibration – four syllables
54. abroad – two syllables
55. subsistence – three syllables
56. innovation – four syllables
57. security – three syllables
58. portability – five syllables
59. segmentation – four syllables
60. answer – two syllables
61. aesthetics – three syllables
62. emission – three syllables
63. logistics – three syllables
64. soldier – two syllables
65. navigational – five syllables
66. decompose – three syllables
67. revive – two syllables
68. hound – one syllables
69. remarkable – four syllables
70. echo – two syllables
71. stray – one syllable
72. splintered – two syllables
73. lunacy – three syllables
74. strange – one syllable
75. looping – two syllables
76. congratulate – four syllables
77. character – three syllables
78. acclaim – two syllables
79. resplendent – three syllables
80. mutter – two syllables
81. giggle – two syllables
82. pulsating – three syllables
83. immaculate – four syllables
84. ritual – three syllables
85. wrest – one syllable
86. flattery – three syllables
87. vocation – three syllables
88. confide – two syllables
89. infidelity – five syllables
90. distraught – two syllables
91. revulsion – three syllables
92. meager – two syllables
93. revolt – two syllables
94. informer – three syllables
95. prowl – one syllable
96. vindictive – three syllables
97. available – four syllables
98. perhaps – two syllables
99. intelligence – four syllables
100. weather – two syllables