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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 589 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) alligator (c) table
  3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) window (c) caterpillar
  4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) opportunity (c) invitation
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) imagination (b) tomato (c) little
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) photography (b) tomato (c) window
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) yesterday (c) information
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) water (c) computer
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) help (c) vocabulary
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) hippopotamus (c) cloud
  35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) mango (c) jumped
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) television (c) possibility
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. table
  3. caterpillar
  4. opportunity
  5. 4
  6. 2
  7. 5
  8. 5
  9. 1
  10. 3
  11. 4
  12. little
  13. 3
  14. 5
  15. tomato
  16. 3
  17. international
  18. 3
  19. 2
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. 1
  23. 3
  24. 2
  25. photography
  26. 2
  27. 5
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. 3
  32. mango
  33. 2
  34. cloud
  35. jumped
  36. 5
  37. possibility
  38. 3
  39. 4
  40. 2

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