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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 19 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) geography (c) paper
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) possibility (c) television
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) conversation (b) jumped (c) university
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) child (c) tomato
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) table (c) calculator
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) photography (b) answer (c) film
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

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

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