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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 40 · 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 “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) yellow (c) helicopter
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) activity (b) yellow (c) child
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) examination (c) school
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) table (b) earth (c) avocado
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) girl (b) university (c) information
  23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) paper (b) strength (c) possibility
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) jumped (b) tomato (c) rabbit
  28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) butterfly (c) bright
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) pencil (b) newspaper (c) television
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) doctor (c) girl
  37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) conversation (c) stretch
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. world
  5. 5
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. 5
  11. 1
  12. activity
  13. 2
  14. 4
  15. school
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. avocado
  19. 3
  20. 2
  21. 1
  22. university
  23. possibility
  24. 1
  25. 5
  26. 2
  27. tomato
  28. photography
  29. 1
  30. 3
  31. 2
  32. 1
  33. newspaper
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. doctor
  37. personality
  38. 1
  39. 2
  40. 4

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