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The Learning Studio> Spoken English Course> Week 7> 📘 Day 1 – Sound 4

 

4. Syllables
A syllable is a single unit of sound in a word. Every syllable contains at least one vowel sound.
Examples:
  1. "Dog" = 1 syllable
  2. "Apple" = 2 syllables
  3. "Important" = 3 syllables
✅ 1-Syllable Words 
These words are short and spoken in a single beat.
  1. Cat – Say it in one quick beat.
  2. Fish – Make the "sh" sound clear.
  3. Book – Emphasize the "oo" sound.
  4. Jump – End sharply with "mp".
  5. Run – Keep it short and sharp.
  6. Watch – Soft "tch" at the end.
  7. Chair – Say clearly with "air" sound.
  8. Desk – Crisp “sk” sound.
  9. Ball – Stretch the “a” slightly.
  10. Plant – Blend “pl” smoothly.

✅ 2-Syllable Words
First or second syllable may be stressed.
  1. Apple – AP-ple (Stress on first).
  2. Happy – HAP-py (Stress on first).
  3. Window – WIN-dow (Stress on first).
  4. Father – FA-ther (Stress on first).
  5. Teacher – TEA-cher (Stress on first).
  6. Baking – BA-king (Stress on first).
  7. Market – MAR-ket (Stress on first).
  8. Pencil – PEN-cil (Stress on first).
  9. People – PEO-ple (Stress on first).
  10. Bottle – BOT-tle (Say the ‘tle’ softly).
  11. Yellow – YEL-low (Don’t say it too fast).
  12. Garden – GAR-den (Stress on first).
  13. Open – O-pen (Slight stress on first).
  14. Mother – MOTH-er (Smooth ‘th’).
  15. Running – RUN-ning (Equal flow).
  16. Dinner – DIN-ner (Say “d” strongly).
  17. Drawing – DRAW-ing (Soft “ing”).
  18. Picture – PIC-ture (Soft “ture”).
  19. Bottle – BOT-tle (Soft 'tle' ending).
  20. Shadow – SHA-dow (Smooth and light second syllable).

✅ 3-Syllable Words
Stress usually on the first or second syllable.
  1. Chocolate – CHO-co-late (Say quickly, first stress).
  2. Animal – AN-i-mal (Stress on “an”).
  3. Telephone – TEL-e-phone (First stressed).
  4. Yesterday – YES-ter-day (Don’t rush syllables).
  5. Beautiful – BEAU-ti-ful (Gentle flow).
  6. Family – FAM-i-ly (Soft “i”).
  7. Banana – ba-NA-na (Stress on second).
  8. Remember – re-MEM-ber (Second stressed).
  9. Important – im-POR-tant (Middle stressed).
  10. Celebrate – CEL-e-brate (First stressed).
  11. Decide – de-CIDE (Stress at the end).
  12. Computer – com-PU-ter (Middle stressed).
  13. Happiness – HAP-pi-ness (First stressed).
  14. Medicine – MED-i-cine (Say quickly).
  15. Camera – CAM-er-a (Soft third).
  16. Triangle – TRI-an-gle (First stressed).
  17. Holiday – HO-li-day (First stressed).
  18. Remember – re-MEM-ber (Second stressed).
  19. Different – DIF-fer-ent (Say gently).
  20. Celebrate – CEL-e-brate (Clear syllables).

✅ 4-Syllable Words 
Say slowly, stress is often on the second syllable.
  1. Vocabulary – vo-CAB-u-lar-y
  2. Calculator – CAL-cu-la-tor
  3. Unbelievable – un-be-LIEV-a-ble
  4. Vegetable – VEG-e-ta-ble
  5. Independent – in-de-PEN-dent
  6. Information – in-for-MA-tion
  7. Opportunity – op-por-TU-ni-ty
  8. Celebration – cel-e-BRA-tion
  9. Electricity – e-lec-TRI-ci-ty
  10. Understanding – un-der-STAND-ing
  11. Possibility – pos-si-BIL-i-ty
  12. University – u-ni-VER-si-ty
  13. Environment – en-VI-ron-ment
  14. Economical – ec-o-NOM-i-cal
  15. Application – ap-pli-CA-tion
  16. Information – in-for-MA-tion
  17. Examination – ex-am-i-NA-tion
  18. Consideration – con-sid-er-A-tion
  19. Experiment – ex-PER-i-ment
  20. Celebration – cel-e-BRE-tion

✅ 5-Syllable Words 
  1. Longer, spoken slower and clearly.
  2. Responsibility – re-spon-si-BIL-i-ty
  3. Extraordinary – ex-tra-OR-di-na-ry
  4. Communication – com-mu-ni-CA-tion
  5. Misunderstanding – mis-un-der-STAND-ing
  6. Individuality – in-di-vid-u-AL-i-ty
  7. International – in-ter-NA-tion-al
  8. Appreciation – ap-pre-ci-A-tion
  9. Identification – i-den-ti-fi-CA-tion
  10. Qualification – qual-i-fi-CA-tion
  11. Administration – ad-min-is-TRA-tion
  12. Personality – per-son-AL-i-ty
  13. Supervision – su-per-VI-sion
  14. Inspiration – in-spi-RA-tion
  15. Responsibility – re-spon-si-BIL-i-ty
  16. Introduction – in-tro-DUC-tion
  17. Organization – or-ga-ni-ZA-tion
  18. Experimentation – ex-per-i-men-TA-tion
  19. Understanding – un-der-STAND-ing
  20. Determination – de-ter-mi-NA-tion
  21. Transportation – trans-por-TA-tion

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