/hospital/ is a three-syllable word. Place the top of your hand under your chin, and say the word, /hospital/. Your chin will hit the top of your hand if you say the word correctly. The answer you discovered should be three times, or three syllables. For every syllable, there will be a vowel. the word /hospital/ has three vowels: hos/pi/tal
is correct.
This works on every word, and it is a big help when you study spelling.
How many syllables are there in this word?
Massachusetts. ________write the word in SYLLABLES:
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The word medium has three syllables. The syllables of the word are me-di-um.
Five.
hos-pi-tal
The word showers has two syllables. (show-ers)
The word showing has two syllables. Show-ing.
The word cereal has three syllables. The syllables of the word are cer-e-al.
There are 3 syllables. Sunn-i-er.
Show is one syllable.
AN-swered
Commas are used to show the division. They can be used to differentiate two word syllables.
There are four syllables in the word independence.in·de·pend·ence/ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns/ Show Spelled [in-di-pen-duhns]
A hyphen (-) is used to indicate the division between a word's syllables.