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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 50 · 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 “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) cloud (c) wonderful
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) calculator (b) hospital (c) shirt
  16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) friend (c) hospital
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) beautiful (c) school
  21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) earth (b) important (c) information
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) personality (c) little
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) answer (c) alligator
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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