can anyone explain what stressed and unstressed syllables are?

Question

I am trying to help my daughter with her home work. The homework says " read each word and underline the stressed syllables. Write down a way to remember the spelling. The 1st one is done for you" locomotive = lo - co - mo - tive. The lo mo and tive are underlined

Answer 1

In speaking a word, some syllables are "stressed" or emphasized during the pronunciation. This means "spoken more loudly."

In the dictionary, these syllables are marked with a special slash mark, which can be heavier or light to show the relative amount of emphasis to use.

Different regions of the country may use slightly different stressed syllables in the same word.

For the best results on homework, look the work up in the dictionary and find which syllables are marked with the ' sign (looks like the symbol used for feet) at the end of the syllable. These are the ones you will need to underline.

The ' sign may be heavier (darker) or lighter, but it is still stressed. The unstressed syllables are not marked,

Answer 2

Stressed syllables are the parts of the word that are said in a louder tone of voice.

Read the following words aloud and try to decide where you place the stress or emphasis:

profit target enter order
begin equip regret commit

You should notice that in the top line you stressed the first syllable. And in the bottom line you stressed the second syllable.

Here is the SPELLING pattern which is so helpful:

If the stress is on the first syllable the base word doesn't change:
profit + able = profitable; and enter + ed = entered

If the stress is on the last syllable, double the final consonant before adding a vowel suffix:
begin + ing = beginning; and equip + ed = equipped

(No change if a consonant suffix is added so:
equip + ment = equipment )

Answer 3

The example word has been done wrongly. In that word, the correct syllable to stress is 'mo'. They have underlined the syllables that have less stress. Stressed syllables are the ones that are given the most emphasis. In emphasis, it is EM-pha-sis.

Stress on a word can vary from country to country or even place to place, depending on the local way of saying the word, but if you want to check the 'standard' forms, look in a dictionary. Most good ones will show the syllables and the stress is often underlined or shown in italics.

I hope this is HELP-ful for you :)

Lenky

Answer 4

Every English word has a syllable that is said more loudly than the others. Similarly, every sentence has words (usually nouns and verbs) that are said more strongly (louder) than the rest of the words. This is how we learn to understand the words and differentiate between similar words. Dictionaries use an accent mark (') to indicate the stressed part of a word. For kids, it might be better to use CAPS. For example, phoTOGrapher, photoGRAPHic, PHOtograph.

Answer 5

A stressed syllable is the one we place more emphasis on when we say it. yes' ter day would have the apostrophe over the first syllable so we say YES ter day. If it were on the second syllable, we would say yesTERday, and of course, the third syllable would be yes ter DAY. If you pronounce each of them using the stress on the capitalized syllable, I believe you will see what I mean. I hope this helped.

Answer 6

Stressed means "put stress or emphasis on (sth)"
Stressed syllables means that syllables that should be emphasised...

Answer 7

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