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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 164 · 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) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) girl (c) little
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) personality (c) garden
  19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) potato (b) celebration (c) little
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) helicopter (c) happy
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) avocado (c) potato
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) square (c) rabbit
  27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) refrigerator (c) child
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) invitation (c) table
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) refrigerator (c) shirt
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 1
  8. 5
  9. 5
  10. 3
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. 3
  15. holiday
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. garden
  19. little
  20. 5
  21. happy
  22. 4
  23. potato
  24. 3
  25. 4
  26. alligator
  27. refrigerator
  28. 3
  29. 3
  30. 2
  31. table
  32. 4
  33. 3
  34. 2
  35. 1
  36. 2
  37. television
  38. 2
  39. 1
  40. 1

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