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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 136 · 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 “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) biology (b) child (c) yesterday
  5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) monkey (b) strength (c) important
  6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) examination (c) grandmother
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) university (c) dinosaur
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) wonderful (c) pencil
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) friend (b) refrigerator (c) watermelon
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) world (c) information
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) asked (c) holiday
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) television (c) shirt
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) answer (b) hippopotamus (c) geography
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. child
  5. important
  6. examination
  7. 5
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. university
  11. 3
  12. pencil
  13. 5
  14. refrigerator
  15. 2
  16. tomato
  17. 5
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. 1
  21. asked
  22. 1
  23. happy
  24. 1
  25. 3
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. 1
  31. 3
  32. answer
  33. 3
  34. 5
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 5
  39. 3
  40. 2

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