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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 12 · 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 “water”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) answer (b) together (c) examination
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) hippopotamus (c) garden
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) square (b) hippopotamus (c) people
  14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) biology (c) electricity
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) earth (c) electricity
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) window (b) girl (c) helicopter
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) river (c) potato
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) imagination (b) tomato (c) friend
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) television (c) child

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. answer
  4. 3
  5. 3
  6. 3
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. garden
  10. 4
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. hippopotamus
  14. dinosaur
  15. 2
  16. 5
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. yesterday
  20. 5
  21. 1
  22. 3
  23. 2
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. helicopter
  27. 3
  28. 3
  29. 1
  30. 3
  31. 5
  32. 5
  33. 3
  34. 4
  35. river
  36. 5
  37. tomato
  38. 5
  39. 2
  40. university

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