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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 769 · 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 “film”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) celebration (c) electricity
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) asked (c) table
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) biology (c) wonderful
  20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) examination (b) friend (c) celebration
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) telephone (c) square
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) table (b) possibility (c) grandmother
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) window (c) friend
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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