Once you know what syllables are, you'll need to know the rules for dividing words into syllables. This fun and educational video will help! Then you can go play some syllables games!. LearningGamesForKids. (2011, 04 14). Syllable pattern help. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu51ECdLkIU. 

 

This video shows many examples and explains split as separate syllables and some rules that have few words.

 

SYLLABLE AND ACCENTUATION

 

A syllable means a unit of sound. A syllable may be a vowel or diphthong or more members joined to one or more consonants. 

 

A word may consist of a single syllable or many.

 

example:

 

• Words of one syllable may consist of a letter or many

 

a 

be

six

look

bought

 

• difference between the words of one, two, three and four syllables.

 

through
ex·it
po·ta·to
in·cred·i·ble
 

• In polysyllabic words there is always a stressed syllable. Most English dictionaries indicate that syllable with an apostrophe-like mark which follows the tonic syllable.

 

ex′it
op′po·site
Feb′ru·ar·y
hu′mid

ex·am′ine
in·cred′i·ble
ma·chine′

em·ploy·ee′
psy·cho′lo·gy
 

• Note that almost all English nouns (names) of two syllables carry stress on the first syllable.

 

A′pril
car′rot
hon′or
fa′ther
Mon′day

le′mon
e′vil
Mar′y
 

• Knowing where the stress falls is very important for words that can be used as a noun or verb or as. Typically, if the stress falls on the first syllable, the word is a noun. If the stress falls on the second syllable, is a verb.

 

NOUN                     SPANISH                                    VERB                             SPANISH     

 

con′test                  competicion                               con·test′                       impunar

de′fect                     defecto                                        de·fect′                          desertar
in′sert                      encarte                                        in·sert′                           introducir

ob′ject                     objeto                                           ob·ject′                         oponerce

pre′sent                  regalo                                           pre·sent′                       entregar

pro′test                  manifestacion                            pro·test′                        protestar

re′call                       recuerdo                                     re·call′                             recordar

re′cord                    arhivo                                           re·cord′                          grabar