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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 783 · 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 “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) monkey (b) information (c) hippopotamus
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) activity (c) butterfly
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) doctor (b) together (c) examination
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) yesterday (c) biology
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) cloud (c) water
  36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) doctor (b) butterfly (c) girl
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) telephone (b) vocabulary (c) asked
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5

Answer key

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

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