🚪 Practice Quiz
Open & Closed Syllables Quiz
Why ro·bot has a long o and rob·in a short one — and how to read long words. Answer one question at a time and see why each option is right or wrong. Miss one? It comes back in a retry round until you get every question correct. 20 questions · free · no sign-up.
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Sample questions from this quiz
A few examples (the live quiz shuffles options and checks your answer). Take the quiz above for the full set with explanations.
Is the syllable cat open or closed?
- open
- closed
Is the syllable me open or closed?
- open
- closed
In ro·bot, the first syllable is…
- open (long o)
- closed (short o)
In rob·in, the first syllable is…
- open (long o)
- closed (short o)