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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 213 · 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 “child”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) understanding (c) holiday
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) personality (c) pencil
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) picture (c) understanding
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) sister (b) girl (c) celebration
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) banana (b) university (c) plant
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) activity (c) shirt
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. holiday
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 5
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. 4
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. 3
  15. 4
  16. 2
  17. school
  18. 1
  19. 1
  20. 1
  21. 2
  22. cloud
  23. 4
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. 5
  27. celebration
  28. 2
  29. plant
  30. 3
  31. 2
  32. 3
  33. 4
  34. 1
  35. 2
  36. 4
  37. 5
  38. 5
  39. shirt
  40. 2

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