Question

name: date: directions: arrange the words in the word bank into two categories: three syllables and four syllables. write each word in the correct column. word bank: absolute, beautiful, communicate, computer, container, diagnose, evening, isolated, jewelry, juvenile, motivate, museum, neighborhood, pineapple, potato, relationship, tomato, tornado, vitamin, volcano. three syllables four syllables directions: arrange the words in the word bank into two or more categories of your own.

Explanation:

To determine the number of syllables in a word, count the number of vowel - sound units. For the first part, we identify words with three and four vowel - sound units respectively. For the second part, one possible categorization could be based on whether the word is a noun or a verb.

Answer:

Three Syllables: absolute, beautiful, evening, museum, potato, vitamin
Four Syllables: communicate, computer, container, diagnose, isolated, jewelry, juvenile, neighborhood, pineapple, relationship, tomato, tornado, volcano
Another Categorization (Nouns and Verbs):
Nouns: computer, container, jewelry, juvenile, potato, neighborhood, pineapple, tomato, vitamin, volcano
Verbs: communicate, diagnose, motivate, isolate