SYLLABLE STRESS What is it? and How I can identify it?
All words have syllables. One syllable is a part of a word and has their own single sound. Some words can have only one syllable e.g. cat and other words can have more than one e.g. base / ball. Let’s practice!! Consonant con/so/nant Dog
dog
Saturday
sa/tur/day
Sentence
sen/tence
Teacher
teach/er
Idea: Try to clap your hands, one clap for each syllable.
Now that we know what is a syllable it will be more easy to understand what is a syllable stress.
Each syllable has a sound, the syllable Stress is : The syllable with the strongest sound.
Let’s practice !!! Computer
Table
Saturday
com / pu / ter
ta / ble
sa / tur / day
com / PU / ter
TA / ble
SA / tur / day
Now let’s review what we learned.
STEPS: 1.- Separates the word in syllables com / pu / ter 2.- Say every syllable attention in the sound.
and
pay
com / PU / ter 3.- Clap your hands saying the sound and figure out which syllabled is the stressed one. com / PU / ter
Now, it’s time to put in practice what you learned in this chapter. Good luck!!!
INSTRUCTIONS: Find the syllable stress. Divide the words and color the syllable stress in red. WORDS
SYLLABLE
SYLLABLE
SYLLABLE
SYLLABLE
Sunday Yellow Carpenter Notebook Detective
TIP: You can say the word putting the Stress in every syllable, that will help You to find the syllable stress.