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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 181 · 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 “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) caterpillar (c) important
  3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) earth (b) possibility (c) photography
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) shirt (b) happy (c) kangaroo
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) electricity (c) tomato
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) yesterday (c) electricity
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) square (c) picture
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) biology (b) teacher (c) stretch
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) wonderful (c) vocabulary

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. examination
  3. possibility
  4. 2
  5. kangaroo
  6. 4
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. 1
  12. watermelon
  13. 2
  14. 2
  15. 5
  16. 2
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. 4
  20. 3
  21. 3
  22. 1
  23. 2
  24. 2
  25. 2
  26. 1
  27. 1
  28. 1
  29. 4
  30. asked
  31. 2
  32. 1
  33. square
  34. 4
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. teacher
  38. 3
  39. 5
  40. stretch

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