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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 151 · 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 “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) telephone (c) cloud
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) celebration (b) bright (c) together
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) opportunity (c) yellow
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) monkey (b) university (c) animal
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) international (c) watermelon
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) television (c) tomato
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) river (c) imagination
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) electricity (c) wonderful
  32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) avocado (b) opportunity (c) dinosaur
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) picture (b) helicopter (c) cloud
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) activity (c) earth
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 4
  4. mango
  5. 2
  6. celebration
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. 1
  10. yellow
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. 5
  14. 2
  15. 3
  16. animal
  17. 2
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. international
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. square
  25. 4
  26. 2
  27. 5
  28. imagination
  29. 5
  30. 2
  31. electricity
  32. dinosaur
  33. 3
  34. helicopter
  35. 3
  36. 3
  37. cricket
  38. 2
  39. 5
  40. 2

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