Theme: Syllables
A word can have more than one syllable. The following words are examples of words with two syllables. Here are examples of words with 2 syllables. The different syllables are shown on the right, and they are separated with a space.
garden: gar den
hotel: ho tel
consist: con sist
3 Syllables
Examples of words with three syllables:
September: sep tem ber
department: de part ment
telephone: te le phone
4 Syllables
Examples of words with four syllables:
kindergarten: kin der gar ten
information: in for ma tion
That is not all, of course. There can be words with even more syllables.
Word Stress
When a word has more than one syllable, not all syllables are pronounced with the same degree of force. The syllable which is pronounced with greater force is called the stressed syllable. You can also call it the accented syllable. "Accent" in this case means "emphasis".
T.: When speaking, it is important to put the stress on the correct syllable. Otherwise, it would sound unnatural, and might even be difficult to understand! Here are some examples of the word stress of some common words:
water: wa ter
people: peo ple
television: tel e vi sion
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