Question

Work in pairs. Read aloud the following words from the text. Write the number of syllables in each word. Check your answers with your classmates and teacher.

mountains	grandfather	tender	disturbed
caterpillar	Himalayan	performed	intention
slope	newspaper	favourite

Now, read the words aloud again with the beats. Check if the number of syllables matches with the number of beats.

Answer 1

Word	Number of Syllables
mountains	2
grandfather	3
tender	2
disturbed	2
caterpillar	4
Himalayan	4
performed	2
intention	3
slope	1
newspaper	3
favourite	3