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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 123 · 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 “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) film (c) television
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) child (b) geography (c) pencil
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) world (b) caterpillar (c) garden
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yellow (b) imagination (c) help
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) asked (c) university
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) plant (b) umbrella (c) cricket
  29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) university (c) happy
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) water (c) grandmother
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) square (b) picture (c) examination

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. film
  3. 5
  4. 1
  5. geography
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. 5
  11. 2
  12. caterpillar
  13. 2
  14. 4
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. yellow
  18. 4
  19. 1
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. 1
  23. 4
  24. asked
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. 2
  28. umbrella
  29. square
  30. 2
  31. 2
  32. grandmother
  33. 5
  34. 5
  35. 5
  36. 4
  37. 3
  38. 3
  39. 1
  40. examination

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