Sound out the word and the pauses are syllables. So habit would be hab-it.
Syllables break after every vowel. So it would be no-vel. (Nah-vull)
Sound out the word and the pauses are syllables. So litter would be lit-ter.
Sound out the word and the pauses are syllables. So sugar would be su-gar.
Divide kitchen into syllables like this: kit-chen.
The syllables in the word umpire are "ump - ire".
um/pire
There are two syllables. Um-pire.
You would divide the word Canada into 3 syllables, Can-a-da, pronounced as: Can-uh-Duh.
Oc to" ber'
At-tent-ive
There are two syllables divided like so: um-pire.
The word "rested" divided into syllables would be rest-ed.
Pic-nic has two syllables.
The word mosquito has three syllables. The syllables of the word are mo-squi-to.
You would divide it in-between the t's. So it would be, "pret/ty." If there is a double consonant, you divide it in-between both of them. For example, to divide message into syllables, it would be "mes/sage." The same thing for "puppet." It would be "pup/pet." :) Hope this helps!
Try clapping it. A-MAZ-ING It would be three syllables long.