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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 385 · 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 “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) university (b) cloud (c) beautiful
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) doctor (c) help
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) holiday (b) possibility (c) television
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) shirt (b) information (c) dinosaur
  35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) child (c) invitation
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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