Monosyllabic – Examples of One Syllable Words and Adjectives

We already know that a syllable is a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word. There are many types of syllables, but today we’ll have a look at words with just 1 syllable.

Words with one syllable are called Monosyllabic words, similarly words with more than one syllable are called polysyllabic words.

Cat, Bus, One, Red, Moon, Sun, Drop, Door, Week, Fear, Love, Hear, Cord, Snake, Month, Crown, School, Tongue, Sword, Cheeks are 20 examples of monosyllabic words to teach young kids.

One Syllable Words List for Kids

Following is a list of 100 words with 1 syllable for elementary grade kids.

then they the time
to up a war
was all and as
are be by day
did each few for
get have he his
him I is in
it long man me
more much my new
not now of off
old on one or
out pen print tree
church blow Crow Glow
Row Low Mow Own
Slow Bear Dish Deal
Ball Bat Mall Fall
call wall doll mat
fat sat Hat eat
ate beat neat feat
heat Feat seat food
street wheat what meat
meet deed greed need
foot bread bread start
bend end mend lend
Send tend two four
Fend three five six
One eight nine ten
corn twelve torn born
Born form Norm from
For fear near dear
Wear peer Beer sheer
wake make sake take
Fake flake break brake
bake lake stake cake
Stale nail Pale tail
Fail sale Sail male
Tale mail Bail whale
tongue Cause Spoke Sweep
crown blame worse Wrong
mourn scene dumb break
faith glove count steep
knees pause snake month
bomb raid dumb Slew
moon life base plot
head high soul love
fear weak head week
rage door yard pole
base drop heat cord
path sack step high
pear oft sun bus
few act bid red
one same shame she
fame tame name game
so state than that

One Syllable Adjectives List

The following is a word list having adjectives with one syllable, they are also called monosyllabic adjectives and are used for describing nouns.

tall fat big sad
on near go up
green rich live self
off net old young
hard soft south north
scarce high down long
born late low sure
light home big dark
ill fit strong po
smart like weak east
new black white good
bad red sick best
lost won free thin
thick royal far full
true fat nice west
east toe sweet clear
cold fair past hot
sound fast sad real
fine dead wild brave
cut tail kind well
lean plain left right
deep same cool bright
short loud wise pure
best worst last first
wrong close half made
bold calm square lit
wide rough round loose
straight fresh bare tired
slow wicked loved dim
sent proud flat sent
peak shed stuck plus
smooth salt naive wet
tough raw still glad
tight joint male blind
French sharp sharp Dutch
loyal hex Greek used
sour shut used few
found due broad dry
odd joyous foul just
bound blessed thick sacred
burned frail cheap held
deaf gross bland eyed
whole prime steep poor
shared closed drunk sold
dull ripe blond Welsh
armed Czech sought faced
tame known Sikh scotch
eared mild vague owed
wired signed based norse
kept clad paid stress
Swiss burnt stopped crude
owned worn charred stale
formed stored strep  tied
awned solved hired biped
drawn sealed creole rigged
drained theist nett learned
touched raised chaste stacked
blest shaped turned trained
wrapped shrieked pleased awed
earned inbred curst stoic
laced cursed lined arched
stained posed backed forced
beaked shorn planned saved
spaced echt bowed shaved
cleared tipped crowned geared
paired ripped rugged marked
sheared rhymed liked greased
tamed proved played play
cook carve glaze toned

Phew!… that was a long list. Make sure you following the order while teaching these words to kids.

 

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