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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 867 · 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.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) personality (c) teacher
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) jumped (c) possibility
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) biology (c) school
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) window (b) grandmother (c) film
  13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) understanding (c) table
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) photography (b) square (c) hippopotamus
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) imagination (c) television
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) international (b) information (c) plant
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) refrigerator (c) school
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) activity (b) asked (c) people
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) international (b) film (c) alligator
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. yesterday
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. jumped
  5. 5
  6. 2
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. international
  10. 5
  11. 1
  12. grandmother
  13. examination
  14. 2
  15. 3
  16. 1
  17. 5
  18. 5
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. hippopotamus
  22. 3
  23. 1
  24. 3
  25. 1
  26. television
  27. 2
  28. 1
  29. 4
  30. plant
  31. holiday
  32. 2
  33. 2
  34. activity
  35. 2
  36. 4
  37. 1
  38. alligator
  39. 2
  40. 2

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