Homework Help: 5th grade

Posted by dalton on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 4:04pm.

could you help explain unstressed syllables? Homework is to underline the unstressed syllable or syllables.
Examples of words dozen, spinach. ext.

thanks

5th grade - Writeacher, Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 5:05pm
The unstressed syllables are the ones spoken a bit less loudly than the stressed ones. Below, the stressed syllables are in CAPS, while the unstressed ones are in lower-case.

DO-zen
SPI-nach
im-POS-si-ble
IN-ter-es-ting
SYL-la-bles
HOME-work
ex-PLAIN

You can re-post with additional words about which you have questions. Be sure to look them up in a dictionary first, though. The dictionary tells you what the stressed syllables are in the pronunciation section for each word.

http://www.dictionary.com

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/syllable?qsrc=2888

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