Multisyllabic Words Worksheet (Grade 5)
Free printable multisyllabic words worksheet for Grade 5. Students break long academic words into syllables and count them, a core Grade 5 word analysis (RF.5.3) skill. Includes an answer key.
Grade 5 · Phonics worksheet
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Multisyllabic Words (Grade 5)
Long words break into syllables, and each syllable has one vowel sound. Rewrite each word with a line between the syllables (like in-for-ma-tion), then write how many syllables it has.
- 1.Break the word into syllables, then count them: information
- 2.Break the word into syllables, then count them: discovery
- 3.Break the word into syllables, then count them: microscope
- 4.Break the word into syllables, then count them: temperature
- 5.Break the word into syllables, then count them: community
- 6.Break the word into syllables, then count them: important
- 7.Break the word into syllables, then count them: biography
- 8.Break the word into syllables, then count them: photograph
- 9.Break the word into syllables, then count them: construction
- 10.Break the word into syllables, then count them: dictionary
- 11.Break the word into syllables, then count them: thermometer
- 12.Break the word into syllables, then count them: independent
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- Online Etymology Dictionary — Root origins and meanings (tele, port, struct, graph, dict and others) cross-checked against etymonline entries.
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary — Syllable divisions follow the headword breaks shown in Merriam-Webster.