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ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
Answer these questions and tell us just how many syllables each word contains! Illustration: Uttam Ghosh
The word 'doctor' contains two syllables -- doc-tor.
Then there's 'pottery', which contains three (pott-er-y) and 'God', which contains just one.
If you still don't know what syllables are, exactly, here's the formal definition -- a syllable is a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound (with or without surrounding consonants), forming the whole or a part of a word.
In the following pages, we bring you various words -- see if you can count the correct number of syllables in each.
Answers are provided upon submission of results on each page and you can draw your own conclusions about your performance!
How many syllables does the following word contain?
PARCEL
a) Two
b) Six
c) Three
The word PAR-CEL contains two syllables.
The word PAR-CEL contains two syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
ANTAGONISE
a) Seven
b) Three
c) Four
The word ANT-AG-ON-ISE contains four syllables.
The word ANT-AG-ON-ISE contains four syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
DOG
a) Half
b) One
c) Two
The word DOG contains one syllable.
The word DOG contains one syllable.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
OCEAN
a) Two
b) Five
c) Four
The word O-CEAN contains two syllables.
The word O-CEAN contains two syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
IMPRESSIVE
a) Four
b) Three
c) Five
The word IM-PRESS-IVE contains three syllables.
The word IM-PRESS-IVE contains three syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
TREMBLE
a) One
b) Two
c) Seven
The word TREM-BLE contains two syllables.
The word TREM-BLE contains two syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
ONOMATOPOEIA
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Eight
The word O-NO-MA-TO-POE-IA contains six syllables.
The word O-NO-MA-TO-POE-IA contains six syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
GRASS
a) Five
b) Two
c) One
The word GRASS contains one syllable.
The word GRASS contains one syllable.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
AWKWARD
a) Three
b) Two
c) Six
The word AWK-WARD contains two syllables.
The word AWK-WARD contains two syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
GARGANTUAN
a) Three
b) Four
c) Six
The word GAR-GAN-TU-AN contains four syllables.
The word GAR-GAN-TU-AN contains four syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
SPUTTER
a) Two
b) Two and a half
c) Three
The word SPUTT-ER contains two syllables.
The word SPUTT-ER contains two syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
CHOCOLATE
a) Three
b)Four
c) Eight
The word CHOC-O-LATE contains three syllables.
The word CHOC-O-LATE contains three syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
FUTURISTIC
a) Six
b) Five
c) Four
The word FUT-UR-IS-TIC contains four syllables.
The word FUT-UR-IS-TIC contains four syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
POUT
a) Two
b) One
c) Half
The word POUT contains one syllable.
The word POUT contains one syllable.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
CRUCIFEROUS
a) Five
b) Four
c) Nine
The word CRUC-IF-ER-OUS contains four syllables.
The word CRUC-IF-ER-OUS contains four syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
ECSTASY
a) Three
b) Seven
c) Five
The word ECS-TA-SY contains three syllables.
The word ECS-TA-SY contains three syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
FOLKLORE
a) Four
b) Three
c) Two
The word FOLK-LORE contains two syllables.
The word FOLK-LORE contains two syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
HYPERSENSITIVITY
a) Eight
b) Seven
c) Ten
The word HY-PER-SEN-SIT-IV-IT-Y contains seven syllables.
The word HY-PER-SEN-SIT-IV-IT-Y contains seven syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
DELVE
a) One
b) Two
c) One and a half
The word DELVE contains one syllable.
The word DELVE contains one syllable.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
How many syllables does the following word contain?
SCRUMPTIOUS
a) Four
b) Two
c) Six
The word SCRUMP-TIOUS contains two syllables.
The word SCRUMP-TIOUS contains two syllables.
ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU crack these tricky syllables?
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