Study skills
Unit 8 Fashion
Read the conversation.
/ e /
/ e /
/ c /
/ u /
/ i /
Read the words in the boxes and find out the vowels(元音) in them.
How many vowels (元音) and syllables(音节)
are there in each of the words?
leathersilkcottonwool
/ e /
2 syllables
1 vowel
/ e /
/ i /
2 vowels
1 vowel
1 vowel
1 syllable
2 syllables
1 syllable
/ c /
/ u /
The number of the syllables in a word is usually equal to the number of the vowels in it.