Usually, one syllable consists of a vowel, most of the time (but not always) followed by a consonant. For example:
De-con-struc-tion.
App-ar-a-tion.
Comp-u-ta-tive.
That help?
Just say the word, and make sure not to put two vowel sounds into one syllable.
There are two syllables in the word follow. The syllables of the word are fol-low.
Break the work missionary into syllables like this: mis-sion-ar-y.
There are two syllables like so: peo-ple.
There are three syllables like so: en-cour-age.
spe-ci-fic
re-al-is-tic
To effectively break up syllables in a word, you can look for vowel sounds and consonant patterns to divide the word into smaller parts. Remember that each syllable must have a vowel sound. Practice breaking up words into syllables to improve your skills.
Slipped only has one syllable so it cannot be broken up into syllables.
The word song contains only one syllable. As such, it cannot be broken up into multiple syllables.
There are three syllables:lan-gua-ges.
There's 3 syllables in the word physically. It looks like 4 if you break it up, but the proper way of saying it makes up 3.
The word whistle has two syllables. The syllables in the word are whist-le.