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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 693 · 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) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) banana (b) stretch (c) photography
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) animal (b) information (c) table
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) world (b) television (c) garden
  8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) calculator (c) imagination
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) happy (c) umbrella
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) photography (c) monkey
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) important (b) window (c) asked
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) activity (c) garden
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) watermelon (c) friend
  38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) imagination (c) window
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. photography
  3. 5
  4. 3
  5. table
  6. 1
  7. television
  8. hospital
  9. 2
  10. umbrella
  11. 5
  12. hippopotamus
  13. 1
  14. 5
  15. 5
  16. 2
  17. 4
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. 2
  22. 4
  23. important
  24. 4
  25. 3
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. garden
  29. 2
  30. 5
  31. 1
  32. 4
  33. 2
  34. 1
  35. 4
  36. 4
  37. watermelon
  38. window
  39. 4
  40. 3

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