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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 371 · 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 “beautiful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) possibility (c) geography
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) telephone (b) vocabulary (c) river
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) university (c) yesterday
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) kangaroo (b) cloud (c) opportunity
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) cricket (c) understanding
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cricket (b) personality (c) photography
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) electricity (c) friend
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) potato (b) film (c) possibility

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. possibility
  5. 3
  6. telephone
  7. 2
  8. world
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. cloud
  12. 4
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. 5
  17. jumped
  18. 5
  19. 2
  20. 4
  21. photography
  22. 3
  23. 2
  24. 4
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. 5
  28. 2
  29. 2
  30. 3
  31. 3
  32. river
  33. 3
  34. 5
  35. 3
  36. 3
  37. 4
  38. 2
  39. 1
  40. film

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