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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 176 · 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 “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) geography (c) teacher
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) asked (c) table
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) information (b) electricity (c) square
  7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) alligator (c) school
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) water (c) child
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) alligator (b) friend (c) possibility
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) photography (b) cloud (c) cricket
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) stretch (c) activity
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) plant (c) teacher
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5

Answer key

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

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