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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 836 · 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 “personality”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) activity (b) little (c) important
  5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) friend (b) monkey (c) opportunity
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yellow (b) bright (c) grandmother
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) earth (b) watermelon (c) grandmother
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) square (c) newspaper
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) alligator (b) earth (c) telephone
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) monkey (c) international
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 1
  3. 4
  4. important
  5. opportunity
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 4
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. 3
  12. grandmother
  13. 2
  14. 3
  15. 2
  16. 4
  17. 2
  18. 2
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. earth
  22. 3
  23. 1
  24. 4
  25. 2
  26. 1
  27. 4
  28. caterpillar
  29. 1
  30. telephone
  31. 5
  32. 5
  33. 1
  34. 2
  35. 1
  36. 2
  37. 5
  38. international
  39. 1
  40. 2

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