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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 443 · 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 “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) information (c) kangaroo
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yesterday (b) people (c) stretch
  21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yellow (b) cloud (c) wonderful
  22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) stretch (c) curiosity
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) table (c) girl
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) electricity (c) world
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) hospital (c) teacher
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

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

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