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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 731 · 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 “help”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) kangaroo (c) biology
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) school (b) information (c) important
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) world (c) vocabulary
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) imagination (c) geography
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) helicopter (b) curiosity (c) help
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. world
  4. 1
  5. 5
  6. 2
  7. information
  8. 1
  9. 5
  10. 3
  11. 5
  12. 1
  13. 5
  14. 3
  15. 1
  16. window
  17. 3
  18. imagination
  19. 2
  20. 4
  21. 4
  22. 4
  23. 4
  24. help
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. 4
  28. 2
  29. 1
  30. 2
  31. 4
  32. 3
  33. 2
  34. 3
  35. 2
  36. 5
  37. 2
  38. 4
  39. 2
  40. 2

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