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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 929 · 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) people (b) alligator (c) hospital
  2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) photography (b) yesterday (c) curiosity
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) world (c) dinosaur
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) asked (c) television
  14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) international
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) hippopotamus (c) cricket
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) earth (c) umbrella
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) animal (c) girl
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) cloud (c) celebration
  29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) calculator (c) friend
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) biology (c) beautiful
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) plant (c) wonderful
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) electricity (c) square
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) beautiful (c) imagination
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. hospital
  2. curiosity
  3. 1
  4. 5
  5. world
  6. 5
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 5
  12. 2
  13. asked
  14. mango
  15. 2
  16. 5
  17. 2
  18. 5
  19. 3
  20. film
  21. earth
  22. 2
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. animal
  26. 5
  27. 1
  28. grandmother
  29. river
  30. 4
  31. jumped
  32. 1
  33. 3
  34. monkey
  35. 1
  36. square
  37. 4
  38. school
  39. 4
  40. 3

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