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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 215 · 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 “river”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) telephone (c) little
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) university (c) helicopter
  14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) tomato (c) conversation
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) watermelon (c) refrigerator
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) beautiful (c) earth
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) alligator (b) international (c) water
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) asked (c) information
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) pencil (c) film
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) computer (b) television (c) table
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 5
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. little
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 4
  13. helicopter
  14. tomato
  15. 5
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. 1
  19. 5
  20. 3
  21. 2
  22. refrigerator
  23. 1
  24. mango
  25. 1
  26. 2
  27. water
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. 3
  31. 4
  32. computer
  33. 1
  34. 2
  35. pencil
  36. 1
  37. table
  38. 1
  39. 4
  40. 1

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