FOUR SYLLABLES WORDS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE S.S.S1 SECOND TERM
WEEK FOUR
THEME: SPEECH
FOUR SYLLABLES WORDS
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE
Students should be able to;
- Identify four-syllable words
- Understand the stress patterns for four-syllable words
CONTENT
Words with four syllables
Understanding, indecisive, conversation, realistic, moisturising, American, psychology, gregarious, independence, affordable, memorandum, controversial, superior, gymnasium, entrepreneur, traditional, transformation, remembering, establishment, vegetation, affectionate, acupuncture, invertebrate.
When thinking about syllables and stress in English, usually we find that one syllable of a word is stressed more than the others. There are always one or more stressed syllables within a word and this special stress placement helps words and sentences develop their own rhythm.
Syllables and stress patterns in English help to create the sounds, pronunciations and rhythms that…