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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 121 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) television (b) hippopotamus (c) jumped
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) photography (b) animal (c) curiosity
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) television (c) dinosaur
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) together (c) yellow
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) asked (b) caterpillar (c) possibility
  20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) plant (b) examination (c) alligator
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) jumped (c) cricket
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) telephone (c) teacher
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) dinosaur (b) help (c) refrigerator
  27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) earth (b) tomato (c) water
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) alligator (c) asked
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) cloud (c) examination
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. hippopotamus
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 4
  9. 5
  10. 3
  11. 5
  12. animal
  13. 2
  14. 2
  15. television
  16. 3
  17. yellow
  18. 1
  19. caterpillar
  20. alligator
  21. jumped
  22. 1
  23. telephone
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. help
  27. earth
  28. 3
  29. asked
  30. 1
  31. 3
  32. 1
  33. 2
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. cloud
  39. 5
  40. 4

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