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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 546 · 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 5 syllables? (a) bright (b) university (c) animal
  2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) friend (b) rabbit (c) newspaper
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) world (c) animal
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) banana (b) watermelon (c) garden
  24. 24.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) teacher (c) imagination
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cricket (b) conversation (c) international
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) invitation (c) picture
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. university
  2. newspaper
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 3
  6. imagination
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. 3
  14. 3
  15. 5
  16. 4
  17. 5
  18. 5
  19. 1
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. 4
  23. garden
  24. information
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. 3
  28. 1
  29. conversation
  30. 2
  31. 2
  32. 4
  33. 1
  34. 5
  35. picture
  36. 1
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. 1
  40. 3

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