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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 111 · 40 questions
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How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

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  1. 1.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) little (c) girl
  11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) newspaper (c) sister
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) understanding (c) yellow
  24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cricket (b) information (c) imagination
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) hippopotamus (c) plant
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) mango (b) university (c) activity
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) butterfly (c) help
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. 5
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. 5
  7. 1
  8. 4
  9. 2
  10. holiday
  11. newspaper
  12. 1
  13. 2
  14. 4
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. 3
  18. 2
  19. 4
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. 4
  23. understanding
  24. imagination
  25. 3
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. hippopotamus
  29. 4
  30. 2
  31. 2
  32. 1
  33. 2
  34. university
  35. 3
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. 4
  39. invitation
  40. 4

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