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 | 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 | 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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