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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 844 · 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 “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) monkey (c) cloud
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) asked (b) doctor (c) celebration
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) elephant (b) garden (c) understanding
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) conversation (c) earth
  25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) pencil (b) together (c) calculator
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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