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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 510 · 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 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) important (c) helicopter
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) bright (b) calculator (c) electricity
  10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) telephone (c) imagination
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) alligator (c) tomato
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) photography (c) banana
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) hippopotamus (c) strength
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) newspaper (b) film (c) imagination
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) little (c) beautiful
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. important
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 4
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 2
  9. calculator
  10. school
  11. 2
  12. people
  13. 1
  14. 5
  15. photography
  16. 5
  17. 2
  18. strength
  19. 2
  20. 4
  21. 4
  22. 3
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. 1
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. 5
  30. 3
  31. film
  32. 1
  33. 3
  34. 1
  35. 4
  36. 3
  37. little
  38. 5
  39. 1
  40. 2

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