Syllables and Stress |
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We make words with syllables.
| For example, | "country" has two syllables: | coun-try |
| "December" has three syllables: | de-cem-ber | |
| "March" has one syllable: | march |
How many syllables do these words have?
| April | one | two | three | four | |
| May | one | two | three | four | |
| September | one | two | three | four | |
| education | one | two | three | four | |
| August | one | two | three | four |
When a word has more than one syllable, we usually stress one of them.
| For example, "happy": | we say HAP-py | We don't say hap-PY |
We stress the first syllable in "happy.
Which syllable is stressed in these words?
| children | first | second | third | forth | fifth | |
| between | first | second | third | forth | fifth | |
| remember | first | second | third | forth | fifth | |
| university | first | second | third | forth | fifth | |
| exercise | first | second | third | forth | fifth |
In phonetic writing, we can mark the stressed syllable with this: '
| For example: | happy | |
and not: | |
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| become | |
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| imagine | |
and not: | |
Which is the correct phonetic spelling for these words?
| study |  |
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| special |  |
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| afternoon |  |
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| continue |  |
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| interesting |  |
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Stress and Schwa |
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