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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 285 · 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 “activity”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) help (c) personality
  4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) photography (c) refrigerator
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) vocabulary (c) picture
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) mango (c) potato
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) conversation (c) pencil
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) caterpillar (b) plant (c) personality
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) telephone (b) avocado (c) possibility
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) activity (c) help
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) river (c) possibility
  28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) plant (b) celebration (c) holiday
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) together (c) information
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 1
  3. helicopter
  4. wonderful
  5. 5
  6. newspaper
  7. 2
  8. 5
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. potato
  12. 5
  13. 1
  14. conversation
  15. 2
  16. 5
  17. plant
  18. 5
  19. 1
  20. 4
  21. 5
  22. avocado
  23. 4
  24. 5
  25. electricity
  26. 1
  27. world
  28. holiday
  29. 3
  30. information
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. 4
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. 3
  38. 3
  39. 3
  40. 2

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