This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Syllable Division – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Syllable Division Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one is the correct syllable division:Splendid A) Splen | did. B) Spl | endid. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Splen | did. 2. What is the rule for dividing syllables in the word 'until'? A) U/ntil. B) Unt/il. C) Unti/l. D) Un/til. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Un/til. 3. Choose the correct spelling for the word that means happening immediately. A) Instent. B) Instant. C) Instont. D) Instint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instant. 4. Find the word that has been divided into syllables correctly. EATEN: A) Eate-n. B) Eat-en. C) Ea-ten. D) E-aten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eat-en. 5. How do you spell the word that means a serious disagreement or argument? A) Conflik. B) Conflikt. C) Conflict. D) Conflikt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 6. How is the word "Beautifully" correctly divided into syllables? A) Beauti-fully. B) Beau-ti-ful-ly. C) Beauti-ful-ly. D) Beau-tiful-ly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beau-ti-ful-ly. 7. Select the choice that shows the word broken into syllables correctly. A) Fabr/ic. B) F/abric. C) Fab/ric. D) Fa/bric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fab/ric. 8. What is the r-controlled syllable in the word 'corner'? A) Or. B) Er. C) Ir. D) Ar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 9. What syllable types are in "robot" ? A) Closed-closed. B) Closed-open. C) Open-closed. D) Open-open. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open-closed. 10. Identify the number of syllables in the word "fountain" . A) 1. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 11. India is the name of a country in South America. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Which example follows the VC/CV syllable division pattern? A) Nap/kin. B) Li/on. C) Ro/bot. D) Rob/in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nap/kin. 13. Divide the word into syllables:pancake A) P-an-ca-ke. B) Pan-cake. C) Panc-ake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pan-cake. 14. How many syllables are in the word commencement? A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 15. There are one hundred days left in the school year. How should you divide the syllables in hundred? A) Hun/dred. B) Hu/ndred. C) Hundr/ed. D) Hund/red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hun/dred. 16. How many syllables are in the word 'hub'? A) 3. B) 4. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 17. How do we divide the word "music" ? A) Mus / ic. B) Mu / sic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mu / sic. 18. Look at the word "pencil." Think about how the word is divided into syllables. Fill in the bubble under the answer that shows if the word has closed or not closed syllables. A) Closed. B) Not Closed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Closed. 19. If the vowel has a short sound, divide after the consonant A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Choose the word with the V-V (vowel, vowel) syllable division pattern. (2 syllables) A) Repeat. B) React. C) Retreat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) React. 21. After the long hike, Maria sat down, exhausted, and drank a bottle of water. What can you infer about the hike? A) It was an easy hike. B) Maria is not tired. C) The hike was tiring and long. D) Maria enjoys hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The hike was tiring and long. 22. What is the correct spelling of the word that means to hire someone for a job? A) Employ. B) Imploy. C) Emplow. D) Emploe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Employ. 23. Which of the following words is divided correctly into syllables? A) Baske-t. B) Bask-et. C) Ba-sket. D) Bas-ket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bas-ket. 24. Choose the word that has a silent e. A) Inflate. B) Blocking. C) Planner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inflate. 25. Which shows the correct syllable break in "affect" ? A) A/ffect. B) Af/fect. C) Aff/ect. D) Affe/ct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Af/fect. 26. How is the word "butter" divided into syllables? A) Bu/tter. B) But/ter. C) Butter/. D) Butt/er. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But/ter. 27. What is a VV pattern? A) The vowels combine to make one sound. B) The first vowel says its name. C) Each vowel contributes a sound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each vowel contributes a sound. 28. Apply the VC/CV division rule to the word "fabric." A) Fabr-ic. B) Fabric. C) Fa-bric. D) Fab-ric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fab-ric. 29. What is the rule for syllable division in the VC/CV pattern? A) Divide between the consonants. B) Divide after the consonant. C) Do not divide. D) Divide before the consonant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divide between the consonants. 30. Divide this word by syllable:magnet A) Ma / gnet. B) Magn / et. C) Mag / net. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mag / net. 31. How would you divide the following word into syllables?bosque A) Bos-qu-e. B) Bos-que. C) Bo-squ-e. D) Bo-sq-ue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bos-que. 32. Look at the word "behind." Think about how the word is divided into syllables. Fill in the bubble under the answer that shows if the word has closed or not closed syllables. A) Closed. B) Not Closed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not Closed. 33. What is a vcv word? A) A word with three syllables. B) A word that has no vowels. C) A word with a vowel, consonant, and vowel. D) A word that is only one syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word with a vowel, consonant, and vowel. 34. Which word means "full of hope" ? A) Hopeness. B) Hoping. C) Hopeful. D) Hopeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hopeful. 35. Which word is divided correctly? A) Pret/end. B) Pre/tend. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre/tend. 36. How do you handle a word ending in 'le'? A) Ignore the 'le' completely. B) Split right before 'le'. C) Always start with 'le'. D) Count back three from 'le' and split. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Count back three from 'le' and split. 37. How is the word "apple" divided into syllables? A) Appl/e. B) A/ple. C) Ap/ple. D) App/le. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ap/ple. 38. How should you divide the word bedroom into syllables? A) Should it be divided as be/droom?. B) Should it be divided as b/edroom?. C) Should it be divided as bed/room?. D) Should it be divided as bedroo/m?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should it be divided as bed/room?. 39. Which prefix completes the word ' ..... act, ' meaning to act between people? A) Con-. B) Com-. C) Inter-. D) Cor-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inter-. 40. What should you do when a word contains a vowel r? A) Split the word between the vowels. B) Do not split the vowel r. C) Split the word before the vowel r. D) Split the word after the vowel r. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Split the word after the vowel r. 41. Which prefix completes the word ' ..... nect, ' meaning to join together? A) Com-. B) Cor-. C) Con-. D) Inter-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Con-. 42. Divide the word into syllables:candle A) Can-dle. B) Cand-le. C) Ca-ndle. D) Candle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can-dle. 43. Split the syllables in the word:observatory A) Obs-er-va-to-ry. B) Ob-serv-a-to-ry. C) Ob-ser-va-to-ry. D) Ob-ser-va-tor-y. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ob-ser-va-tor-y. 44. How would you divide this word into syllables?consume A) Co/sume. B) Consum/e. C) Con/sume. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Con/sume. 45. How would you divide this word in syllables?apron A) Ap/ron. B) A/pron. C) Apr/on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A/pron. 46. Which example follows the V/CV syllable division pattern? A) Nap/kin. B) Mon/ster. C) Hun/dred. D) Ro/bot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ro/bot. 47. Which one is the correct syllable division:Abolish A) A | bol | ish. B) A | boli | sh. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A | bol | ish. 48. Find the word that has been divided into syllables correctly. ARRIVE: A) Arriv-e. B) Ar-rive. C) A-rrive. D) Arr-ive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ar-rive. 49. Which is the correct way to split the word "sunset" into syllables? A) Sun-set. B) Su-nset. C) S-unset. D) Suns-et. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun-set. 50. Choose the correct way to divide the word "Comfortable" into syllables. A) Com-fortab-le. B) Comfor-table. C) Comfort-able. D) Com-fort-able. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Com-fort-able. 51. The kids usually complain during long car trips. How should you divide the syllables in complain? A) Compla/in. B) Comp/lain. C) Co/mplain. D) Com/plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Com/plain. 52. How is the word 'avocado' divided into syllables? A) A-vo-ca-do. B) Av-oc-a-do. C) A-vo-cad-o. D) Av-o-ca-do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A-vo-ca-do. 53. What is at the end of a closed syllable? A) Vowel. B) Consonant. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonant. 54. In the VC/CCV syllable division pattern, where do you divide the word? A) Between the consonants. B) Before the consonant. C) After the first consonant. D) Do not divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the first consonant. 55. What is the correct spelling of the word that means "deserving or worthy of something" ? A) Deserv. B) Deserve. C) Desurve. D) Desarve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deserve. 56. A VCCV pattern word most often divides ..... (Syllabication Rule #2) A) Between two consonants. B) After two consonants. C) Before two consonants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between two consonants. 57. Divide the word "planet" using the VC/CV division rule. A) Pla-net. B) Planet. C) Plan-et. D) Pla-net. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pla-net. 58. Identify the word with a VV pattern. A) Rain. B) Star. C) Book. D) Jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain. 59. Choose the word that has a consonant +le. A) Backpack. B) Reasonable. C) Cupcake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reasonable. 60. A student writes the word "fearless" and says it means "full of fear." What mistake did the student make? A) They confused the meaning of the suffix "-less.". B) They spelled the word incorrectly. C) They divided the syllables incorrectly. D) They used the wrong base word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They confused the meaning of the suffix "-less.". ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSyllable Division Quiz 1Syllable Division Quiz 2Syllable Division Quiz 3Syllable Division Quiz 4Syllable Division Quiz 5Syllable Division Quiz 6Syllable Division Quiz 7Syllable Division Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books