Syllables refer to the natural breaks in the sounds that make up words. In the word catastrophe, there are four syllables.
"Dress up" has 2 syllables. Dress (1) up (1).
"Never give up" has four syllables. Nev-er - give - up.
The word swift has a single syllable. The fours sounds that make it up are run together to say the word.
There is one syllable in the word white. A good trick to find syllables is to see how many times your jaw moves up and down when you say a word.
Syllables refer to the natural breaks in the sounds that make up words. In the word catastrophe, there are four syllables.
Three syllables.
There are two syllables. Up-roar.
"Dress up" has 2 syllables. Dress (1) up (1).
There are four syllables. Fur-i-ous-ly.
There are two syllables. Up-state.
There are two syllables in uphold. (up-hold)
The word upsetting has three syllables. (Up-sett-ing)
Starvation is made up of 3 syllables. Star'va'tion
"Never give up" has four syllables. Nev-er - give - up.
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