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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 773 · 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 “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) biology (c) important
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) paper (c) world
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) girl (b) computer (c) examination
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) cricket (c) newspaper
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) newspaper (c) calculator
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) computer (c) school
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) tomato (c) help
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yellow (b) umbrella (c) calculator
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) square (c) imagination
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. cloud
  5. 4
  6. 1
  7. 3
  8. 3
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. paper
  12. 4
  13. examination
  14. 5
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. 2
  18. 2
  19. 5
  20. 1
  21. personality
  22. 5
  23. 2
  24. 1
  25. university
  26. 4
  27. computer
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. tomato
  31. 5
  32. 2
  33. 3
  34. 1
  35. yellow
  36. 3
  37. 2
  38. square
  39. 1
  40. 1

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