Educational worksheet teaching students about stressed and unstressed syllables, including word division and syllable counting.

Let's solve the worksheet step by step.

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Task:

Divide each word into syllables, write the number of syllables, and underline the stressed syllable.

We’ll go through each word one by one.

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1. apple

- Syllable breakdown: ap-ple
- Number of syllables: 2
- Stressed syllable: ap (pronounced with more emphasis)
- So: ap'ple

✔ Already done in the example.

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2. true

- Syllable breakdown: true
- Number of syllables: 1
- Stressed syllable: true (only one syllable, so it’s automatically stressed)
- So: true

✔ Already done in the example.

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3. girlfriend

- Syllable breakdown: girl-friend
- Number of syllables: 2
- Stressed syllable: friend (the second syllable is stressed)
- So: girl'friend

> Note: In English, compound words like "girlfriend" often have stress on the second part.

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4. sometimes

- Syllable breakdown: some-times
- Number of syllables: 2
- Stressed syllable: times (second syllable is stressed)
- So: some'times

> "Sometimes" is pronounced with stress on the second syllable.

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5. elephant

- Syllable breakdown: ele-phant
- Number of syllables: 2
- Stressed syllable: phant (second syllable is stressed)
- So: ele'phant

> The stress falls on the second syllable.

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6. bedroom

- Syllable breakdown: bed-room
- Number of syllables: 2
- Stressed syllable: room (second syllable is stressed)
- So: bed'room

> Common pattern: in compound nouns, the second part is usually stressed.

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7. motorcycle

- Syllable breakdown: mo-tor-cycle
- Number of syllables: 3
- Stressed syllable: cy (in "cycle") — but actually, the stress is on the second syllable: tor
- So: mo'tor-cycle

> Pronunciation: MOT-or-cycle → stress on "tor"

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8. ice

- Syllable breakdown: ice
- Number of syllables: 1
- Stressed syllable: ice (only one syllable)
- So: ice

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9. interesting

- Syllable breakdown: in-ter-est-ing
- Number of syllables: 4
- Stressed syllable: est (third syllable)
- So: in-ter'est-ing

> Pronounced: IN-ter-EST-ing → stress on "est"

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10. crime

- Syllable breakdown: crime
- Number of syllables: 1
- Stressed syllable: crime (only one syllable)
- So: crime

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✔ Final Answers:

| Words | Syllable Breakdown | No. of syllables | Stressed Syllable |
|---------------|------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
| 1. apple | ap-ple | 2 | ap'ple |
| 2. true | true | 1 | true |
| 3. girlfriend | girl-friend | 2 | girl'friend |
| 4. sometimes | some-times | 2 | some'times |
| 5. elephant | ele-phant | 2 | ele'phant |
| 6. bedroom | bed-room | 2 | bed'room |
| 7. motorcycle | mo-tor-cycle | 3 | mo'tor-cycle |
| 8. ice | ice | 1 | ice |
| 9. interesting| in-ter-est-ing | 4 | in-ter'est-ing|
| 10. crime | crime | 1 | crime |

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🔍 Explanation:

- Syllables are units of sound that contain a vowel (or vowel-like) sound.
- Stress refers to which syllable is pronounced with more force or pitch.
- In English, stress patterns can help with pronunciation and meaning.
- For multi-syllabic words, we often stress the second-to-last or last syllable depending on the word type.

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