Syllable stress
A syllable is a word, or part of a word, which contains a single vowel sound. Every word contains at least one syllable, Some examples include:
Pen
Watch
Cat
The following words are examples of words with two syllables.
garden: gar / den
hotel: ho / tel
consist: con / sist
Here are some examples of words with three syllables:
September: sep / tem / ber
department: de / part / ment
telephone: te / le / phone
And these words have four syllables:
kindergarten: kin / der / gar ...
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