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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 154 · 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 “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) understanding (b) refrigerator (c) newspaper
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) earth (c) information
  19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) teacher (c) telephone
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) school (c) pencil
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) child (c) doctor
  31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) girl (c) watermelon
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) answer (b) caterpillar (c) help
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) personality (c) cloud
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. refrigerator
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 3
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. 1
  14. 1
  15. 4
  16. 2
  17. 5
  18. teacher
  19. telephone
  20. 3
  21. 4
  22. 4
  23. pencil
  24. 3
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. 1
  28. 2
  29. 2
  30. conversation
  31. vocabulary
  32. 3
  33. caterpillar
  34. 1
  35. wonderful
  36. 2
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. 4
  40. 5

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