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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 998 · 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 “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) celebration (c) hippopotamus
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) international (c) monkey
  8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) understanding (c) yellow
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) holiday (c) cloud
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) understanding (c) bright
  15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) possibility (b) information (c) paper
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) school (c) refrigerator
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) curiosity (b) caterpillar (c) film
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) friend (c) rabbit
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) imagination (b) holiday (c) yellow

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. 5
  5. hippopotamus
  6. 5
  7. monkey
  8. understanding
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. window
  12. 1
  13. 2
  14. bright
  15. information
  16. 4
  17. 1
  18. 4
  19. 1
  20. 3
  21. 3
  22. 1
  23. school
  24. 3
  25. 2
  26. film
  27. 5
  28. 4
  29. 5
  30. rabbit
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. 1
  34. 1
  35. 1
  36. 4
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. 2
  40. yellow

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