PRONUNCIATION
Sounds and syllables 1.8
Each word in English has one or more syllables. Each syllable has one vowel sound and may he
one or more consonant sounds. In words with more than one syllable, there is one syllable the
gets the main stress. This syllable is said more loudly than the others.
one syllable
two syllables
three syllables
four syllables
cost
bu sy
res tau rant
va ri e ty
H PRONUNCIATION Listen and write the number of syllables in each word. Then li
again and underline the syllable that is stressed. 1.9
