A syllable is a beat of sound in a word. The beat can sometimes be part of a word, or the whole word. For example, the word 'window' has two beats ('win' – 'dow') but the word 'door' had just one ...

Decoding is working out how to pronounce new words. Inspector Wordsmart likes to investigate words. And when she comes across words that she hasn’t seen before she uses her decoder. The decoder helps ...