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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 549 · 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 “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) happy (c) helicopter
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) girl (c) umbrella
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) hospital (c) garden
  16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) electricity (c) important
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) holiday (b) imagination (c) cloud
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) together (b) cloud (c) information
  23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) computer (b) possibility (c) friend
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) grandmother (c) calculator
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. helicopter
  4. 2
  5. 5
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 1
  10. 2
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. girl
  14. 1
  15. garden
  16. electricity
  17. 2
  18. cloud
  19. 1
  20. 2
  21. 3
  22. information
  23. possibility
  24. 5
  25. 3
  26. 1
  27. 4
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. 3
  31. 1
  32. 3
  33. 1
  34. 3
  35. grandmother
  36. 1
  37. 5
  38. 2
  39. 4
  40. 2

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