{"id":1224,"date":"2012-04-21T11:19:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T15:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2012-04-14T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T20:29:42","slug":"syllables-and-word-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/syllables-and-word-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Syllables and Word Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do these three words sound the same when you say them out loud? If you are pronouncing them correctly, then they shouldn\u2019t. The reason (and no, it is not just because they are three slightly different words) has something to do with syllables and word stress.<\/p>\n

What are Syllables?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Syllables are blocks of uninterrupted sound. Each word is made up of syllables. A word can have one, two, three or more syllables. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n

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Word<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Number of Syllables<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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dog<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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dog<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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orange<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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or-ange<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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expensive<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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ex-pen-sive<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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realistic<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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re-al-is-tic<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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unexceptional<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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un-ex-cep-tion-al<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here is also a short video that explains some ways that can help you to figure out how many syllables a word has:<\/p>\n