Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: A coda-less syllable of the form V , CV , CCV , etc. is called an open syllable ( or free syllable ) , while a syllable that has a coda ( VC , CVC , CVCC , etc. ) is called a closed syllable ( or checked syllable ) .
Simplified: If a syllable ends with a consonant , it is called a closed syllable .