Sílabas y acentos

Divide en sílabas (syllables). Subraya (underline) el estrés.

1.Abrigos

2.Escuela

3.Pantuflas

4.Zapato

5.Trabajan

6.Espagueti

7.Verde

8.Jalapeño

9.Guacamole

10.Guitarra

Divide en sílabas (syllables). Subraya (underline) el estrés.

1. A bri gos

2. E scue la

3. Pan tu flas

4. Za pa to

5. Tra ba jan

6. E spa gue ti

7. Ver de

8. Ja la pe ño

9. Gua ca mo le

10.Gui ta rra

Stress Rule #1

• If a word ends with A E I O U S or N

• The stress is naturally on the next to last syllable.

Lee las palabras – en sílabas

Amigable

Perezosas

Pequeño

Gitana

Dinamite

Escapes

Abeja

Chancla

Hola

Enojado

Cien

Caracoles

Veces

Navaja

Quiero

Rápido

Pero

Perro

Silla

Vainilla

Chocolate

Cuchillo

Albaricoque

Iguana

Girafa

Hamburguesa

Veinte

Chiquita

Guadalajara

Orquesta

Divide en sílabas (syllables). Subraya (underline) el estrés.

11.Trabajador

12.Ferrocarril

13.Reloj

14.Feroz

15.Comer

16.Ciudad

Divide en sílabas (syllables). Subraya (underline) el estrés.

11.Tra ba ja dor

12.Fe rro ca rril

13.Re loj

14.Fe roz

15.Co mer

16.Ciu dad

Stress Rule #2

• If a word ends in any other consonant,

• The natural stress is on the last syllable.

Stress Rule #3

• If the stress of a word breaks the rules,

• There is a written accent.

*When there are 2 words spelled the same with different meanings, one has an accent. (si, que, …)

17-18 Write your name and the name of the person next to you

• Divide in syllables

• Underline the place that is naturally stressed.

• Add an accent if the real stress is not where the rule says it should be.

Now try these words

19 Quimica

Quí mi ca

20 Jovenes

Jó ve nes

21 Pantalon

Pan ta lón

22 Mexico

Mé xi co

23 Maria

•Ma ria

•Ma rí a

24 Mario

Ma rio

25 Electrico

E léc tri co

26 Caliente

Ca lien te

27 Republica

Re pú bli ca

28 Canada

Ca na dá

29 Peru

Pe rú

30 Sacapuntas

Sa ca pun tas

Underline the stressed syllable according to the rules.

1.Quimica2.Jovenes3.Pantalon4.Mexico5.Maria6.Mario

7.Electrico8.Caliente9.Republica10.Canada11.Peru12.Sacapuntas

• Listen to each word and add an accent if needed.

1 Quimica

Quí mi ca

2 Jovenes

Jó ve nes

3 Pantalon

Pan ta lón

4 Mexico

Mé xi co

5 Maria

•Ma ria

•Ma rí a

6 Mario

Ma rio

7 Electrico

E léc tri co

8 Caliente

Ca lien te

9 Republica

Re pú bli ca

10 Canada

Ca na dá

11 Peru

Pe rú

12 Sacapuntas

Sa ca pun tas