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What are open syllables and closed syllables?
Open and closed syllables are for the five vowel letters of a, e, i (y), o, and u. Words that end with vowels are open syllables, such as me, hi, no; in addition, there is also a It is called a relative open syllable. The last 3 letters of this syllable are: vowel + consonant + (silent) e, such as name, theme, bike, note, cute syllables ending with consonant letters, namely closed syllables, such as met, his, not.
vowel consonant alphabet
Original vowel: aeiou
Consonants: bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz
Semi-vowel: y (can be used as either vowel i or consonant j)
Features of open syllables
1) A syllable ending in a pronounced vowel.
Example: be, he. Structure: consonant + a vowel
2) Syllables ending in consonants (except r) + silent e!
Example: make, like, cake. Structure: consonant + a vowel + a consonant + silent e
Features of closed syllables
Stressed syllables ending in a vowel plus one or more consonants (except r) are called closed syllables.
Example: map, desk, is. Vowels are read as short vowels in stressed closed syllables.
