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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 114 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) answer (c) wonderful
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) avocado (b) world (c) teacher
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) television (c) wonderful
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) stretch (c) happy
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) window (c) friend
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) mango (b) caterpillar (c) stretch
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) personality (c) happy
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) celebration (b) telephone (c) international
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. wonderful
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. 1
  10. world
  11. 3
  12. 4
  13. 2
  14. 2
  15. monkey
  16. 2
  17. 2
  18. happy
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. friend
  22. 2
  23. 5
  24. 3
  25. caterpillar
  26. 1
  27. 4
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. 5
  31. 1
  32. 5
  33. 1
  34. personality
  35. 1
  36. 2
  37. 5
  38. 3
  39. telephone
  40. 2

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