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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 311 · 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 “international”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) school (c) watermelon
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) girl (b) little (c) university
  15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) refrigerator (c) child
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cricket (b) jumped (c) information
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) table (b) caterpillar (c) hippopotamus
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) television (c) plant
  32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) information (b) cricket (c) telephone
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) animal (b) television (c) teacher
  34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) television (b) river (c) tomato
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 1
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. watermelon
  7. 2
  8. 5
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 5
  12. 2
  13. 2
  14. university
  15. child
  16. 5
  17. 1
  18. 5
  19. 1
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. information
  23. 1
  24. 3
  25. 2
  26. 4
  27. 5
  28. 1
  29. table
  30. 3
  31. plant
  32. telephone
  33. teacher
  34. river
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. 4
  38. 4
  39. 4
  40. 2

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