The unstressed syllables are the ones spoken a bit less loudly than the stressed ones. Below, the stressed syllables are in CAPS, while the unstressed ones are in lower-case.
DO-zen
SPI-nach
im-POS-si-ble
IN-ter-es-ting
SYL-la-bles
HOME-work
ex-PLAIN
You can re-post with additional words about which you have questions. Be sure to look them up in a dictionary first, though. The dictionary tells you what the stressed syllables are in the pronunciation section for each word.
http://www.dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/syllable?qsrc=2888
could you help explain unstressed syllables? Homework is to underline the unstressed syllable or syllables.
Examples of words dozen, spinach. ext.
thanks
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relative unstressed syllables
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