Practice exercises: Identifying stressed syllables
Practice Exercises: Identifying Stressed Syllables
Exercise 1: Listen and identify
Listen to the following words and identify the stressed syllable:
- happy
- potato
- forget
- education
- decision
- fantastic
- reality
- happiness
- careful
- useless
- unhappy
- redo
- dislike
- predict
- postpone
- about
- above
- around
- police
- tomato
- banana
Exercise 2: Say the words aloud
Say each word aloud and try to pronounce the stressed syllable correctly. Pay attention to the emphasis you place on the syllable.
Exercise 3: Match the words with their stress patterns
Match the following words with their correct stress patterns:
- Initial stress: happy, clever, famous, potato, tomato
- Medial stress: education, decision, fantastic, reality, happiness
- Final stress: forget, useless, unhappy, redo, dislike
Additional tips:
- Use a dictionary: Many dictionaries indicate the stress pattern for each word.
- Listen to native speakers: Pay attention to the stress patterns in spoken English.
- Practice regularly: The more you practice, the better you will become at identifying and producing stressed syllables.
By practicing these exercises, you can improve your ability to identify and produce stressed syllables in English words.
