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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 195 · 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.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) little (b) biology (c) help
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) school (b) invitation (c) yesterday
  5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) world (b) caterpillar (c) electricity
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) biology (b) happy (c) shirt
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) hippopotamus (c) calculator
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) school (b) umbrella (c) little
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) avocado (b) banana (c) square
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) telephone (c) sister
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) mango (b) helicopter (c) university
  32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) stretch (b) hippopotamus (c) watermelon
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. biology
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. invitation
  5. caterpillar
  6. 3
  7. 3
  8. 3
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. shirt
  12. 2
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. 2
  16. 1
  17. monkey
  18. 4
  19. 2
  20. umbrella
  21. 4
  22. 5
  23. banana
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. 2
  27. sister
  28. 2
  29. 1
  30. 2
  31. university
  32. watermelon
  33. 2
  34. 2
  35. 1
  36. 2
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. 1
  40. 3

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