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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 83 · 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 “together”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) child (c) helicopter
  8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) dinosaur (c) yellow
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) electricity (b) answer (c) holiday
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) shirt (c) imagination
  21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cricket (b) jumped (c) newspaper
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) answer (b) helicopter (c) curiosity
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) celebration (b) river (c) hospital
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) earth (c) personality
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) butterfly (b) help (c) conversation
  38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) geography (c) strength
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 5
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. helicopter
  8. yellow
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. 1
  14. holiday
  15. 5
  16. 1
  17. 1
  18. 4
  19. 3
  20. shirt
  21. newspaper
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. 1
  25. curiosity
  26. 1
  27. 4
  28. river
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. 5
  32. 3
  33. earth
  34. 3
  35. 4
  36. 3
  37. help
  38. computer
  39. 2
  40. 2

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