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The word 'participatory' has ........................ syllable/syllables.

Atwo

Bthree

Cfour

Dfive

Answer:

D. five

Read Explanation:

"participatory" into its individual syllables:

par-tic-i-pa-tory

A syllable is a unit of sound in a word that contains a vowel sound. In this case:

  • "par" is one syllable

  • "tic" is one syllable

  • "i" is one syllable

  • "pa" is one syllable

  • "tory" is one syllable

Therefore, the word "participatory" has a total of 5 syllables.


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