Lesson Plans: Syllables

Making compound nouns and similar collocations by meaning and number of syllables activity, for vocabulary and pronunciation practice, with extra counting syllables practice.

Fun practice of counting and making words with the right number of syllables through a game based on Scrabble, putting words of different lengths together to make example sentences to get right of cards.

Two fun card games to practise how many syllables nationality words have and/ or which syllable they are stressed on, good for both words to talk about different places and as an easy introduction to syllables and word stress.

Number of syllables in nationality adjectives games.

A fun puzzle game in which students work their way through a maze by following words with two syllables only, also good as a first step in teaching word stress.

Adding sounds with and without an added syllable practice, starting with a fun quick reactions game, including pronunciation of schwa, long vowel sounds, consonant clusters, contractions, and verb endings.