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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 128 · 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 “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) friend (c) international
  5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) alligator (c) animal
  6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) jumped (c) curiosity
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) table (b) world (c) wonderful
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) information (b) help (c) yesterday
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) watermelon (c) cricket
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) plant (c) television
  27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) doctor (c) invitation
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) earth (b) caterpillar (c) electricity
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. photography
  5. animal
  6. wonderful
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. 5
  13. 1
  14. table
  15. 2
  16. 1
  17. 5
  18. 3
  19. yesterday
  20. 1
  21. 3
  22. 1
  23. watermelon
  24. 4
  25. 5
  26. plant
  27. vocabulary
  28. 1
  29. caterpillar
  30. 5
  31. 1
  32. 3
  33. 5
  34. 2
  35. 1
  36. 3
  37. 2
  38. 4
  39. 5
  40. 2

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