Question

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

• A. two
• B. three
• C. four
• D. five

Answer 1

Answer:

D. five

"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.