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List 1: open a (a-corn)

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  1. 1.acornThe acorn fell from the tall oak.
  2. 2.apronTie on an apron before you paint.
  3. 3.agentThe travel agent booked our flight.
  4. 4.bagelI had a toasted bagel with cream cheese.
  5. 5.basinWash your hands in the basin.
  6. 6.craterThe meteor left a deep crater.
  7. 7.famousThe famous painting hangs in a big museum.
  8. 8.favorCould you do me a favor?
  9. 9.flavorVanilla is my favorite ice cream flavor.
  10. 10.majorA major storm closed the schools.
  11. 11.nativeThis fern is native to the forest here.
  12. 12.razorThe barber used a sharp razor.
  13. 13.vaporWater vapor rose from the hot bath.
  14. 14.waferThe ice cream came with a thin wafer.
  15. 15.patientBe patient while the bread bakes.

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List 1: open a (a-corn) 15

  • acorn The acorn fell from the tall oak.
  • agent The travel agent booked our flight.
  • apron Tie on an apron before you paint.
  • bagel I had a toasted bagel with cream cheese.
  • basin Wash your hands in the basin.
  • crater The meteor left a deep crater.
  • famous The famous painting hangs in a big museum.
  • favor Could you do me a favor?
  • flavor Vanilla is my favorite ice cream flavor.
  • major A major storm closed the schools.
  • native This fern is native to the forest here.
  • patient Be patient while the bread bakes.
  • razor The barber used a sharp razor.
  • vapor Water vapor rose from the hot bath.
  • wafer The ice cream came with a thin wafer.

List 2: open o (ho-tel) 20

  • bogus The prize in the email was bogus.
  • cobra A cobra can spread its hood.
  • cocoa Hot cocoa warms you up on snowy days.
  • donate We donate old coats every winter.
  • hotel Our hotel room had a view of the sea.
  • local We buy apples at the local farm stand.
  • locate Use the map to locate the library.
  • lotion Rub lotion on your dry hands.
  • notice Did you notice the new sign?
  • odor A skunk sprays a strong odor.
  • omit Do not omit your name from the page.
  • oval An egg has an oval shape.
  • over The cow jumped over the fence.
  • ozone The ozone layer blocks some ultraviolet light.
  • poem We each wrote a poem about the rain.
  • program The school program starts at six.
  • rodent A mouse is a small rodent.
  • rotate The planets rotate as they circle the sun.
  • token Put a token in the slot to ride.
  • yoga We stretch in yoga class every Friday.

List 3: open u (hu-mid) 14

  • cubic The box holds one cubic foot of sand.
  • duet The two sisters sang a duet.
  • fuel The rocket burned tons of fuel.
  • future Robots may do more jobs in the future.
  • humid The air feels humid before a storm.
  • humor Her jokes show a great sense of humor.
  • lunar A lunar eclipse can turn the moon red.
  • rumor Do not spread a rumor you cannot prove.
  • super The new playground is super fun.
  • tutor A tutor helps me with math after school.
  • unicorn The unicorn in the story had a golden horn.
  • uniform Each player wore the team uniform.
  • unite The towns will unite to build a park.
  • usual We ate lunch at the usual time.

List 4: every syllable open (si-lo) 7

  • duo The comedy duo made everyone laugh.
  • judo She earned a new belt in judo.
  • puny The puny seedling needed more sun.
  • rodeo Cowboys rode bucking horses at the rodeo.
  • silo The farmer stores feed in a tall silo.
  • sumo A sumo wrestler loses if pushed from the ring.
  • tofu The soup had cubes of soft tofu.

How it works

This open syllable word list holds 56 words in 4 lists. In each word a syllable ends with its vowel, and the vowel says its name: a-corn, ho-tel, hu-mid, si-lo. Pick a list to print or test.

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Words with open syllables, list by list

Lists 1 to 3 are words whose first syllable is open: a in a-corn and fla-vor, o in ho-tel and lo-cate, u in hu-mid and fu-ture. List 4 holds words where every syllable is open: si-lo, to-fu, ro-de-o. Open i and open e words are on the long i and long e pages.

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Word list sets each word above its sentence. Test sheet is the same list as blank numbered lines, with a key page for the adult who reads. ABC order and Missing letters are two more ways to practice. Start test reads word, sentence and word again, then marks the whole list.

  • Super, tutor and judo say oo, not yoo, in the open u. Both sounds count as long u.

Questions and answers

What are open syllable words?

Words with a syllable that ends in its vowel, so the vowel is long: ba-sin, ro-dent, hu-mor. Close that syllable with a consonant and the vowel turns short, as in bas-ket.

Is this an open and closed syllables list?

Mostly: in words such as ho-tel and ba-sin the first syllable is open and the second closed. Yoga, cobra and every word in List 4 end open too. Closed-only words are List 1 of the syllable types page.

Where are multisyllabic words with open syllables?

Rodeo, uniform, unicorn and usual have three syllables; the rest have two. The multisyllabic word list adds two more open lists, ro-bot to si-lent, and words of up to six syllables.

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