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03 Syllables Quiz - Sound Discrimination

With this quiz, you will be able to assess your ability to identify syllables and syllable stress.

We recommend that you complete all five of the sound discrimination quizzes before using the self “speaking practice” activities. You may take the quiz as many times as needed to obtain a score of 80% or above. Questions are randomly selected.

1.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	HI/er/arch/y
	hi/ER/arch/y
	hi/er/ARCH/y
	hi/er/arch/Y

2.

Listen and select the number of syllables in each word. Use your ears, not the spelling.

nationalization

	4 syllables
	5 syllables
	6 syllables

3.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	I M P L / e m / e n t
	i m p l / E M / e n t
	i m p l / e m / E N T

4.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	A B / a n d / o n e d
	a b / A N D / o n e d
	a b / a n d / O N E D

5.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	C U S /t o m / e r / s e r v / i c e
	c u s /T O M / e r / s e r v / i c e
	c u s / to m / E R / s e r v / i c e
	c u s / t o m / e r / S E R /v i c e
	c u s / to m / e r / s e r v / I C E

6.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	F A N N / i e / m a e
	F a n n / I E / m a e
	F a n n / i e / M A E

7.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	SHARE/hold/ers
	share/HOLD/ers
	share/hold/ERS

8.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	I N N / o v / a t / i v e
	i n n / O V / a t / i v e
	i n n / o v / A T / i v e
	i n n / o v / a t / I V E

9.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	CAN/ad/i/an
	Can/AD/i/an
	Can/ad/I/an
	Can/ad/i/AN

10.

Listen and select the number of syllables in each word. Use your ears, not the spelling.

treasury

	1 syllable
	2 syllables
	3 syllables

11.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	PHOT/ogr/aph/y
	phot/OGR/aph/y
	phot/ogr/APH/y
	phot/ogr/aph/Y

12.

Listen to the audio recording of the word below and select the option that indicates the syllable receiving the most stress (marked with capital letters).

	P R O F/ i t / a b / i l / i t / y
	p r o f / I T / a b / i l / i t / y
	p r o f / i t / A B / i l / i t / y
	p r o f / i t / a b / I L / i t / y
	p r o f / i t / a b / i l / I T / y
	p r o f / i t / a b / i l / i t / Y


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