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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 548 · 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) possibility (b) sister (c) animal
  2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) film
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) child (c) pencil
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) strength (b) international (c) biology
  20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) imagination (c) window
  21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) jumped (b) photography (c) rabbit
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) invitation (b) picture (c) strength
  30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) child (c) university
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) avocado (b) people (c) potato
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4

Answer key

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

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