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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 691 · 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 “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) invitation (b) refrigerator (c) film
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) university (c) river
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) examination (c) television
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) answer (c) strength
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) window (b) girl (c) invitation
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) butterfly (c) possibility
  33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cloud (b) curiosity (c) information
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. film
  3. 3
  4. 3
  5. 1
  6. 3
  7. 4
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 3
  11. 5
  12. 1
  13. 3
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. 5
  17. 2
  18. river
  19. 2
  20. 2
  21. 5
  22. people
  23. 4
  24. 3
  25. answer
  26. 3
  27. invitation
  28. 4
  29. 4
  30. 5
  31. 5
  32. possibility
  33. curiosity
  34. 4
  35. 3
  36. 4
  37. 5
  38. 2
  39. 2
  40. 1

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