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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 325 · 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 “world”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) tomato (c) understanding
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) jumped (c) water
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) beautiful (c) teacher
  7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) understanding (b) world (c) cricket
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) teacher (b) biology (c) university
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) mango (c) child
  15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) animal (c) watermelon
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) stretch (c) teacher
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) plant (c) watermelon
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. understanding
  3. 2
  4. electricity
  5. 1
  6. beautiful
  7. cricket
  8. 5
  9. 3
  10. 3
  11. university
  12. 2
  13. 3
  14. mango
  15. imagination
  16. 2
  17. 5
  18. 3
  19. 4
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. 2
  23. 3
  24. 2
  25. alligator
  26. 5
  27. 1
  28. watermelon
  29. 4
  30. 2
  31. 3
  32. 5
  33. 4
  34. 3
  35. 1
  36. 3
  37. 4
  38. 5
  39. 3
  40. 1

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