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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 559 · 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) conversation (b) school (c) tomato
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) happy (b) photography (c) jumped
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) doctor (b) newspaper (c) bright
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) potato (b) paper (c) invitation
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) conversation (b) help (c) holiday
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) earth (c) beautiful
  34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) friend (c) conversation
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) international (c) strength
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) river (b) dinosaur (c) plant

Answer key

  1. tomato
  2. 1
  3. 5
  4. 3
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 4
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. photography
  13. 2
  14. 1
  15. newspaper
  16. 2
  17. 1
  18. 5
  19. paper
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. 1
  23. 4
  24. 5
  25. 5
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. holiday
  30. 1
  31. 5
  32. 3
  33. earth
  34. possibility
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. strength
  38. 2
  39. 2
  40. dinosaur

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