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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 526 · 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 “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) university (b) film (c) computer
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) tomato (c) happy
  15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) table (c) invitation
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) help (c) imagination
  19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) watermelon (b) shirt (c) sister
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) animal (c) personality
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) help (c) umbrella
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) important (b) vocabulary (c) paper
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4

Answer key

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

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