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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 101 · 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) sister (b) vocabulary (c) butterfly
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) strength (b) picture (c) holiday
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) activity (c) holiday
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) answer (c) information
  16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) child (b) refrigerator (c) beautiful
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) examination (c) umbrella
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. butterfly
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. 3
  5. 3
  6. 3
  7. holiday
  8. 2
  9. 4
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. stretch
  13. 1
  14. 4
  15. information
  16. refrigerator
  17. 1
  18. 5
  19. 4
  20. 2
  21. 3
  22. 4
  23. 5
  24. 3
  25. 1
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 5
  29. 3
  30. 2
  31. 2
  32. film
  33. 2
  34. 5
  35. 4
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. 2

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