Special education of the republic of uzbekistan

Questions for Discussion

1. 
   What is a syllable?
   
2. 
   How is a syllable formed?
   
3. 
   What sonorous sounds are syllabic?
   
4. 
   Speak about the types of syllables. Give your own example.
   
5. 
   What is an open syllable?
   
6. 
   What is a closed syllable?
   
7. 
   What is the difference between stressed and unstressed syllables? Explain and give your own examples.
   
8. 
   What is schwa?
   

SELF – TEST
1. Mark the correct stresses in the following words:
nationality, responsibility, watchmaker, Navoi Street, celebrate, go away
2. Transcribe the words given below.
telegram, blackboard, architect, continue, November, dialogue, peculiarity, obliged,

university, insufficient, anxiety, prosperity, advertisement, condemnation, accuracy

3. 
   Mark the correct stresses and define the type of the stressed syllables:
   

hungry, tube, melon, badge, Mary, funeral, Physics, afford, purpose, discharge, convenient, extreme, economist, underground, insurance, experience, compare, compulsory, institution, kindergarten, excited, various

4. 
   Divide the words into syllables:
   

busy, many, penny, beaten, bitten, system, beneath, table, assistant, comfortable, refrigerator, marvellous, residential, emergency, pollution, according, encyclopaedia