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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 127 · 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 “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) mango (b) international (c) friend
  15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) earth (b) personality (c) watermelon
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) earth (c) teacher
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) sister (c) bright
  19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) table (b) information (c) yesterday
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) possibility (c) happy
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) animal (b) garden (c) earth
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) paper (c) animal
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) child (c) kangaroo

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 1
  3. 3
  4. 3
  5. 3
  6. 1
  7. 3
  8. 4
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 3
  12. 1
  13. 5
  14. international
  15. watermelon
  16. 3
  17. teacher
  18. bright
  19. information
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 1
  24. 4
  25. 2
  26. 5
  27. 4
  28. 2
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. 4
  32. asked
  33. garden
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. 2
  37. 3
  38. paper
  39. 2
  40. alligator

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