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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 678 · 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 “information”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) stretch (c) paper
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) animal (c) mango
  10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) child (b) watermelon (c) animal
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hospital (b) information (c) table
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) child (c) little
  15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) together (c) picture
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) bright (b) butterfly (c) possibility
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) vocabulary (c) mango
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) holiday (c) avocado
  27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) asked (c) happy
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) asked (c) teacher
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) biology (b) answer (c) butterfly
  40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) newspaper (b) personality (c) school

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 4
  3. 4
  4. 4
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. stretch
  8. 3
  9. mango
  10. animal
  11. 1
  12. information
  13. 5
  14. elephant
  15. picture
  16. butterfly
  17. 1
  18. 5
  19. 2
  20. 4
  21. 3
  22. 3
  23. 1
  24. computer
  25. 1
  26. holiday
  27. refrigerator
  28. 4
  29. 1
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. 2
  34. 3
  35. teacher
  36. 3
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. answer
  40. school

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