Which syllable type ends with 'le' after a consonant?

• A. Open
• B. Consonant-le
• C. Silent e
• D. Vowel team

Answer: (B)

The pattern being tested is when a word ends with a consonant followed by -le, forming a final syllable. This is called a consonant-le syllable. In words like table or little, the last part you hear as a separate syllable is the -le ending with the preceding consonant, as in ble or tle. That final -le chunk is the syllable on its own, even though the e is typically not pronounced as a separate vowel. This is different from an open syllable, which ends in a vowel (like go), a silent-e pattern where the final e signals a long vowel in the previous syllable (like name), or a vowel team where two vowels work together to make one sound (like rain).