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Page 1: Syllable stress

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What are syllables?

They are the pieces of sound that a word can be breaked into. All words have at least one syllable.

Rab – bit

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What is a stressed syllable?

It is the one part of the word that receives more emphasis when spoken. The syllable that is greater stressed. There can only be one stressed syllable on any word.

ProPro – blem De – tectec – tive

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How is it useful?

Stressing the right syllable can change the meaning of the word. For example:

prespres – ent

pre – sentsent

a birthday

toyour work

AND

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Where to put the stress?

The most natural way to decide where a word should be stressed is, by sounding out the word and making the decision.

Say the following words at loud and try to decide which is the stressed syllable:

Yel – low Black

En – gine Hos – pit – al