Syllables!

Many pronunciations in dictionaries are broken down into syllables.
Syllables are the pieces or chunks that make words...
for example:


bedside - say the word out loud and you will hear 2 'parts' or pieces
bed - side


Try a longer word like:  representative


re-pre-sen-ta-tive
so there are 5 syllables.


Dictionaries break down words into syllables so that they are easier to pronounce.
Some syllables of a word are spoken with greater force, or stress, than others.


Listen to an English first language speaker and try to think of where they put the stress on a word and then practice yourself.


How many syllables are in these words:


1.  university
2.  Canadian
3.  social
4.  paper
5.  laptop


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