Oxytone, Paroxytone, and Proparoxytone Words: Sort Them

About Oxytone, Paroxytone, and Proparoxytone Words

With this agudas, llanas and esdrújulas kids practice Spanish word stress in a very hands-on way: they have a list of everyday words in front of them and must drag each one to the right group depending on the position of its stressed syllable. You'll see words like mamá, limón, árbol, ice cream, sábado u oxígeno, mixed on purpose so that just checking for a written accent isn't enough. It's a short activity, perfect for reviewing at home or projecting in class, and it's part of our reading and writing games. When you finish, the game itself checks your answers and shows which words were placed correctly.

How do you play Agudas, Llanas and Esdrújulas in Oxytone, Paroxytone, and Proparoxytone Words?

1. Read the first word on the list out loud and exaggerate the syllable that sounds strongest.
2. Count from the end: if the strong one is the last syllable, it's aguda; if it's the second-to-last, llana (also called grave); if it's the third-to-last, esdrújula.
3. Drag the word to an empty box in its group.
4. Once you've placed them all, check the result and review your mistakes.

Oxytone, Paroxytone, and Proparoxytone Words controls

PC

• Click and drag with the mouse: move each word to its group
• Check button: see right and wrong answers

Mobile and tablet

• Press and slide your finger: place the word in its box

What do you learn in Oxytone, Paroxytone, and Proparoxytone Words?

• Identify the stressed syllable of a word when you say it.
• Sort agudas, llanas and esdrújulas by counting syllables from the end.
• Connect the classification with the written-accent rules: agudas take an accent if they end in a vowel, n or s (menú, plane); llanas take one if they don't end that way (árbol); esdrújulas always take an accent (semáforo).
• Split words into syllables with ease and improve spelling.

Recommended for ages 8 and up, in line with the work on accents in 3rd and 4th grade.

Tips for playing better: Oxytone, Paroxytone, and Proparoxytone Words

• Don't rely on the accent mark alone: vaca, camisa or verano have no written accent and are llanas; mañana doesn't have one either and is just as llana.
• Esdrújulas are the easiest: if you see an accent on the third-to-last syllable (sábado, tráfico), you already know which group it goes in.
• The calling trick: say the word as if you were calling someone from far away («¡li-MÓÓÓN!»); the syllable you stretch out is the stressed one.
• Watch out for tricky pairs: mamá is aguda, but amiga is llana; saying them slowly avoids confusion.

Oxytone, Paroxytone, and Proparoxytone Words FAQ

Additional information: Oxytone, Paroxytone, and Proparoxytone Words

Game type: Educational spelling game (sort words by stress)
Recommended age: Ages 8 and up
Technology: HTML5
Platform: Web browser (PC, tablet and mobile)

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