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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 871 · 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 5 syllables? (a) water (b) help (c) university
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) avocado (b) international (c) picture
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) vocabulary (c) people
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) geography (b) table (c) umbrella
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) doctor (b) watermelon (c) film
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) possibility (b) geography (c) stretch
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) doctor (b) possibility (c) asked
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) monkey (b) important (c) film
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. university
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 4
  7. 1
  8. 1
  9. 1
  10. 5
  11. avocado
  12. 2
  13. 2
  14. 1
  15. 3
  16. 3
  17. 3
  18. people
  19. 2
  20. umbrella
  21. film
  22. 3
  23. geography
  24. 5
  25. asked
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. 3
  31. 1
  32. 3
  33. important
  34. 1
  35. 2
  36. 1
  37. 4
  38. 2
  39. 1
  40. 1

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