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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 36 · 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 “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) people (c) square
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yellow (b) electricity (c) invitation
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hospital (b) asked (c) electricity
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) watermelon (c) animal
  30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) picture (c) wonderful
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4

Answer key

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

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