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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 21 · 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 “water”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) television (c) child
  8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) photography (b) animal (c) cloud
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) together (c) cricket
  13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) child (c) conversation
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) garden (c) bright
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) understanding (b) vocabulary (c) monkey
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) cloud (c) university
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) kangaroo (c) table
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) watermelon (c) girl
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) pencil (b) university (c) shirt
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) examination (c) mango

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. 5
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. holiday
  8. cloud
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. 4
  12. jumped
  13. conversation
  14. bright
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. monkey
  18. 5
  19. university
  20. 1
  21. table
  22. 3
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. girl
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. 4
  29. 1
  30. 1
  31. shirt
  32. 5
  33. 2
  34. 3
  35. 2
  36. 4
  37. 2
  38. 1
  39. 4
  40. mango

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