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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 146 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) butterfly (c) strength
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) imagination (c) yellow
  17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) important (c) caterpillar
  18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) jumped (b) watermelon (c) vocabulary
  19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) conversation (c) shirt
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) river (b) helicopter (c) beautiful
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) computer (b) examination (c) geography
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 1
  7. 5
  8. possibility
  9. 1
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. 2
  14. 4
  15. 2
  16. yellow
  17. plant
  18. vocabulary
  19. newspaper
  20. 1
  21. 1
  22. 3
  23. 3
  24. 5
  25. 5
  26. 1
  27. 1
  28. 1
  29. 3
  30. 4
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. 3
  34. 4
  35. 1
  36. beautiful
  37. 1
  38. examination
  39. 5
  40. 2

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