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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 226 · 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 “biology”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) table (b) opportunity (c) yesterday
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) bright (c) electricity
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) people (b) newspaper (c) photography
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) stretch (c) caterpillar
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) doctor (b) elephant (c) invitation
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) window (c) asked
  29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) examination (c) people
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) potato (b) bright (c) sister
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) garden (c) curiosity
  38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) river (c) television
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

Answer key

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

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