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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 58 · 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 “water”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) vocabulary (c) grandmother
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) happy (b) school (c) avocado
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) child (c) butterfly
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) mango (c) vocabulary
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) paper (c) imagination
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) pencil (b) activity (c) possibility
  26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cricket (b) understanding (c) important
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) doctor (c) helicopter
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) geography (c) dinosaur
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4

Answer key

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

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