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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 375 · 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) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) important (c) celebration
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) elephant (c) examination
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) potato (c) table
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) university (c) hospital
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) river (c) vocabulary
  34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) child (b) umbrella (c) electricity
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) bright (c) happy
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) asked (c) watermelon

Answer key

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

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