E2H Sílabas y Acentos

Las Sílabas

All words can be separated by syllables

Syllables are formed by ___________ and _______________

Ca-sa, ca-fe-te-rí-a, au-la

A __________ vowel can form a

_____________ syllable: a - gua

Separate Consonants

Generally, consonants are separated in syllables.

ár-bol,

es-cue-la,

pla-ne-ta

ac-ción

Do not separate these groups

pr a-__o-bar pl a-__i-car

br __a-zo bl ha-__ar

fr __e-cuen-te fl a-__i-gi-do

cr in-__e-men-to cl __a-ro

tr o-tro gl __o-tón

dr al-men-__a

The Accents

All words have an accent or a stressed syllable

Some words have a _______ accent and other do not.

Ca-sa, pe-rro, ma-má, li-bro, lá-piz,

li-bre-rí-a,

What kind of accent?

The word that does _____ have a written accent is called (in Spanish):

_________________The word that ______ have a written accent is call (in Spanish):

_________________

All words are broken up into four categories

Words that have the stress (accent) on the _____ syllable are called:

1. __________

Mamá, papel, canción

Words that have the stress (accent) on the _______ to last syllable are called: 2. ________ o _________

Casa, escuela, azúcar, planeta

3rd and 4th categories of wordsWords that have the stress (accent)

on the_____ to last syllable are called: 3. __________

They always have a written accent!

Esdrújula, lámpara, sílaba

Words that have the stress (accent) on the _________ to last syllable are

called: 4. ______________

Há-gan-se-lo

The Vowels

There are _____ kinds of vowels:

_______ vowels: A, E, O

And

_______ vowels: I, U

What is a Dipthong ?

It is a union of a __________ vowel with a _________ vowel or just two vowels

piano, ciudad, escuela

Please remember that dipthongs do ____ separate into syllables!

Es-cue-la

Pia-no

Puer-ta

But …..ifA weak vowel that has an accent on it- it becomes a strong vowel!

dí-adú-oRa-últí-o

Then it is no longer a _______!(and it separates into 2 syllables)

Accent Rules

Rule #1: Words that are _____ o _______ (stress on ________ to last syllable) that end in a vowel, “n” or “s”, ____ ____ have a written accent!

es-cue-la

ca-sa

ju-lio

mu-cha-cha

Accent Rules

Rule #2: Words that are ________ (words that have a stress on the ____ syllable) and that end in a consonant that is not a “n” or “s”, ___ ____ have

a written accent!car-telco-merfe-liz

pa-pel

Words that do have a written accent

Words that ___ have a written accent are the words that _____ rule #1 or rule #2!

A-zú-car

Re-vól-ver

Ca-fé

Ma-má

These words always have an accent

Words that have the stressed on the 3rd or 4th to last syllable ______ have a written accent.

có-mo-da

lám-pa-ra

pón ga se lo

Práctica: separa sílablas y pon el acento donde corresponde

Papa ___________tia _________escritorio ___________Abuela ___________cancion ___________escuchar ___________escribo ___________entender ___________dificil ___________interes ___________

Repaso

Rule #1: Do not put accents on second to last stressed syllable words that end in a vowel, n or s.

Rule #2: Do not put accents on last stressed syllable words that end in a consonant that is not a “n” or “s”.

All words that break rules #1 and #2, need to have a written accent

Repaso

Esdrújulas and sobresdrújulas (words) always have a written accent.

Diptongs that have a written accent on the weak vowel are no longer dipthongs and get separated by syllable.