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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 445 · 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 “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) earth (b) holiday (c) university
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) shirt (c) conversation
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) rabbit (b) potato (c) plant
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) imagination (c) newspaper
  28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) international (c) caterpillar
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) bright (b) elephant (c) geography
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) holiday (c) school
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) important (b) possibility (c) doctor
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 1
  3. university
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. 5
  8. 3
  9. 5
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. 3
  13. 2
  14. 5
  15. 5
  16. shirt
  17. 1
  18. 3
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. 3
  22. plant
  23. 1
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. 3
  27. newspaper
  28. international
  29. 1
  30. 2
  31. 4
  32. bright
  33. paper
  34. 3
  35. important
  36. 5
  37. 2
  38. 5
  39. 5
  40. 1

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