

Generally, two-syllable nouns, adjectives, and adverbs stress the first syllable, while two-syllable verbs stress the second syllable.

When you say a word that only has one syllable, you only have one syllable to stress. Syllable StressĬlick below to listen to a recording of this passage. For example, the word “outside” has 4 vowels, but only two syllables, because -ou only counts as one vowel sound, while -i…e combine to form the long “i” sound (like in the word “pie”), even though they are separated by a consonant. Some vowel sounds are silent, while other sounds are made up of two different vowels. Additionally, the number of syllables is not necessarily equal to the number of vowels. While the majority of English words have between 1-4 syllables, some words have as many as 19! This means that counting the number of syllables is not always easy. All ig at or – 4 syllables, 4 vowels (All-i-ga-tor).T om orr ow – 3 syllables, 3 vowels (To-mor-row).

Ord er – 2 syllables, 2 vowels (Or-der).
