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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 279 · 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 “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) imagination (c) geography
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) international (b) plant (c) geography
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) conversation (b) possibility (c) little
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) sister (b) avocado (c) cloud
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) celebration (b) refrigerator (c) doctor
  26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) potato (c) film
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) world (c) umbrella
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) square (c) people
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) banana (b) geography (c) table
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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