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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 206 · 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 “child”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) electricity
  24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) animal (b) conversation (c) imagination
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) yellow (c) asked
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) hospital (c) rabbit
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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