Syllables

Watch this video to improve your English fluency. You will learn how and where to add syllable stress in American English.

Practice adding syllable stress to your words.

This page helps you learn about syllable stress in American English pronunciation.

Improve your pronunciation of nouns and adjectives. Learn the rules for stressing the syllables in nouns and adjectives.

Practice stress patterns for verbs and prepositions.

[PLUS/PRO] Practice stress patterns for word endings.

This page helps you learn how to pronounce unstressed syllables in American English.

This lesson will help you improve your pronunciation of unstressed syllables. Members can listen to the audio file.

[PLUS/PRO] Practice pronouncing “A” “OF” and “AND” with unstressed syllables.

[PLUS/PRO] Practice pronouncing unstressed vowel “I,” “er” and the word “or.”

This page helps you learn how prefixes and suffixes affect syllable stress in American English.

This lesson will help you practice pronouncing words with certain prefixes. Members can download the audio file.

Practice pronouncing words with certain suffixes.

[PLUS/PRO] Practice pronouncing words with stressed suffixes.

This lesson will help you practice pronouncing words with suffixes that change the stress pattern of the root word.