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What Is A Syllable?: 1. The Listen Method Rules

A syllable is the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) created when pronouncing a word. The number of syllables in a word is equal to the number of times a vowel sound is heard. There are two methods for counting syllables - the listen method involves saying the word and counting how many times a vowel sound is heard, and the chin method involves saying the word and counting how many times the chin touches the hand.

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What Is A Syllable?: 1. The Listen Method Rules

A syllable is the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) created when pronouncing a word. The number of syllables in a word is equal to the number of times a vowel sound is heard. There are two methods for counting syllables - the listen method involves saying the word and counting how many times a vowel sound is heard, and the chin method involves saying the word and counting how many times the chin touches the hand.

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What is a syllable?

 A syllable is the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) that is created when


pronouncing a word.

 The letter 'y' can be counted as a vowel, only if it creates the sound of a


vowel (a, e, i, o, u). For example: fry, try, cry, & dry

 Some words have two (or more) vowels next to each other. Other words
have vowels that are silent.

 The number of times that you hear the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) is equal
to the number of syllables the word has.

Ways to Count Syllables


1. The Listen Method Rules

a. Say the word.

b. How many times do you hear "A, E, I, O, U" as a separate sound?

c. This is the number of syllables.

2. The Chin Method Rules

a. Put your hand under your chin.

b. Say the word.

c. How many times does your chin touch your hand?

d. This is the number of syllables.

How many syllables are in mother? 2 syllables


Intonation
Intonation describes how the voice rises and falls in speech. The three main
patterns of intonation in English are: falling intonation, rising intonation and fall-
rise intonation.

Falling intonation
Falling intonation describes how the voice falls on the final stressed syllable
of a phrase or a group of words. A falling intonation is very common in wh-
questions.
Where’s the nearest p↘ost-office?
What time does the film f↘inish?
We also use falling intonation when we say something definite, or when we
want to be very clear about something:
I think we are completely l↘ost.
OK, here’s the magaz↘ine you wanted.

Rising intonation
Rising intonation describes how the voice rises at the end of a sentence.
Rising intonation is common in yes-no questions:
I hear the Health Centre is expanding. So, is that the new d↗octor?
Are you th↗irsty?

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