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FOUR SYLLABLES WORDS

ClassNotes Team 8 MIN READUPDATED 5 JUL 2026

ENGLISH LANGUAGE S.S.S1 SECOND TERM

WEEK FOUR

THEME: SPEECH

FOUR SYLLABLES WORDS

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

  1. Identify four-syllable words
  2. 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…