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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 761 · 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 “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) potato (b) yellow (c) helicopter
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) water (b) understanding (c) electricity
  8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) examination (c) river
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) window (c) electricity
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) little (c) animal
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) animal (c) personality
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) biology (b) hippopotamus (c) girl
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) happy (c) wonderful
  35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) help (b) garden (c) avocado
  36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) celebration (c) school
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) earth (b) umbrella (c) calculator
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. yellow
  4. 4
  5. 2
  6. 1
  7. electricity
  8. stretch
  9. 1
  10. 5
  11. 3
  12. 5
  13. 3
  14. 3
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. window
  19. 3
  20. animal
  21. 1
  22. 3
  23. 1
  24. 5
  25. 2
  26. 5
  27. personality
  28. 3
  29. 2
  30. hippopotamus
  31. 4
  32. 5
  33. 2
  34. wonderful
  35. avocado
  36. celebration
  37. 2
  38. umbrella
  39. 5
  40. 2

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