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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 163 · 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 “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) holiday (c) little
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) world (c) geography
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) personality (c) answer
  34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) child (b) personality (c) tomato
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) table (b) imagination (c) dinosaur
  36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) potato (b) stretch (c) conversation
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) jumped (b) opportunity (c) watermelon

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. 1
  5. shirt
  6. 5
  7. 4
  8. 1
  9. 3
  10. 5
  11. 3
  12. 3
  13. 2
  14. electricity
  15. 2
  16. 3
  17. 5
  18. 3
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. 5
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. 3
  26. 2
  27. 5
  28. 2
  29. 4
  30. 3
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. answer
  34. tomato
  35. table
  36. stretch
  37. 1
  38. 4
  39. 1
  40. opportunity

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