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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 449 · 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.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) picture (b) activity (c) tomato
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) jumped (b) information (c) window
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) celebration (b) kangaroo (c) film
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) together (b) cloud (c) answer
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) understanding (c) university
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) square (c) umbrella
  39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) bright (b) invitation (c) refrigerator
  40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) child (c) doctor

Answer key

  1. activity
  2. 5
  3. information
  4. 5
  5. 2
  6. 4
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 3
  12. celebration
  13. 5
  14. 4
  15. 4
  16. 2
  17. 2
  18. 4
  19. 2
  20. answer
  21. 2
  22. 1
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. 5
  26. 1
  27. 4
  28. help
  29. 1
  30. 4
  31. 3
  32. 1
  33. 3
  34. 1
  35. 3
  36. 1
  37. 5
  38. conversation
  39. bright
  40. geography

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