Two syllables describing words are adjectives that have two units of pronunciation or which are pronounced in two steps. The following list is a great tool for learning perfectly about two syllables adjective.
So, look carefully at the following list, read and learn.
Examples of 2 Syllable Words and Adjectives
Following is a list of 2 syllable words for teaching kindergarten kids and beginners.
| perfect | ugly | color | solid |
| future | simple | daily | easy |
| happy | alive | forward | hungry |
| able | even | nuclear | early |
| safe | little | union | given |
| broken | better | strange | lucky |
| away | sorry | human | thirsty |
| open | zero | stupid | public |
| evil | other | mini | pregnant |
| many | loving | anti | english |
| welcome | joyful | local | awkward |
| riming | feline | mental | cloudy |
| second | western | absent | pauline |
| tender | neutral | busy | idle |
| central | equal | chinese | varus |
| modern | female | insane | pulled |
| centre | awful | northern | tamil |
| british | surface | amply | retail |
| double | fiscal | content | urban |
| heavy | muslim | southern | hindi |
| false | empty | breaking | standing |
| liquid | curly | bovine | covered |
| holy | sandy | foreign | across |
| roman | marine | legal | certain |
| random | present | elder | pedal |
| single | attic | conscious | faithful |
| ready | wasted | hollow | juicy |
| living | active | sonic | civic |
| fancy | linear | dental | mindless |
| inside | noble | mortal | solvent |
| moving | common | polar | bionic |
| current | constant | native | alert |
| standard | latin | complex | married |
| rising | mobile | solar | norman |
| nervous | oral | boney | toxic |
| narrow | outside | trojan | basic |
| shallow | younger | humble | lunar |
| nasty | arctic | eaten | crowded |
| honest | frozen | large | sober |
| social | eager | middle | written |
| cereal | fearless | ideal | steady |
| private | thankful | ringing | tense |
| crucial | weekday | cuban | hearted |
| focused | selfish | danish | trusting |
| added | sitting | alar | plural |
| thermal | babbling | jewish | postal |
| truthful | urdu | major | reverse |
| mature | static | poetic | mosaic |
| civil | molar | harmless | extant |
| seamless | pungent | confused | sotho |
| worldly | coital | gaelic | pleasing |
| normal | floral | obtuse | eyeless |
| prepared | sparking | boolean | compact |
| minor | artless | maltese | unclear |
| compound | armless | setting | lasting |
| acute | hostile | pleasant | direct |
| growing | bony | landed | bloody |
| cosmic | taken | erect | vocal |
| lively | distant | polite | thoughtful |
| gothic | seeking | neuter | chaotic |
| playful | abused | potent | wary |
| stormy | tidy | helpful | textile |
| wanted | fatal | pointless | comfy |
Phew!.. that was a long list. If you’ll take a close look at the the above list you’ll notice there are multiple two syllable words with double consonants like seeking, little, armless, pointless, seamless etc.
There are many 2 syllable words with short vowel sounds. Following are some examples:
| Tennis | Picnic | Cactus | Combat | Goblin |
| Napkin | Mascot | Public | Punish | Habit |
| Album | Finish | Panic | Cabin | Solid |
| Rocket | Helmet | Ticket | Packet | Kidnap |
| Comic | Radish | Exam | Jacket | Magnet |
| Velvet | Basket | Vanish | Polish | Racket |
Let’s finally look at some two syllable words ending with y.
| Messy | Slimy | Cheesy | Noisy | Pony |
| Fifty | Candy | Penny | Sunny | Foggy |
Let’s discuss some word stress rules for two syllable words to correctly pronounce them.
Stress Rules for Two Syllable Words
The syllable stress rules are for 2-syllable nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs. Following are two rules for proper stressing on two-syllabic words:
- 2-syllable nouns, adjectives, and adverbs are usually stressed on the first syllable. For example: ‘parent, ‘student, ‘member, ‘quiet, ‘maybe, ‘never, ‘better, ‘basic, ‘sel dom.
- 2-syllable verbs are usually stressed on the second syllable. For example: embrace, suspend, neglect.
You can download the following image as a handout to teach common two syllable words to kindergarten kids.
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