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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 973 · 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 “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) earth (c) important
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) possibility (b) hospital (c) photography
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) strength (c) important
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) personality (c) tomato
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) elephant (c) child
  29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) world (c) tomato
  30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) shirt (c) beautiful
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) friend (c) international
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) garden (c) alligator
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 5
  5. 3
  6. earth
  7. 3
  8. 2
  9. 5
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. photography
  14. 2
  15. strength
  16. 5
  17. 3
  18. 4
  19. 1
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. 4
  26. personality
  27. 4
  28. elephant
  29. world
  30. shirt
  31. banana
  32. 2
  33. 1
  34. 1
  35. alligator
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 5
  39. 1
  40. 2

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