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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 237 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) curiosity (c) table
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) telephone (b) conversation (c) refrigerator
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) computer (b) alligator (c) vocabulary
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) caterpillar (c) plant
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) caterpillar (b) opportunity (c) stretch
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) river (c) curiosity
  34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) avocado (c) cricket
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) understanding (b) plant (c) dinosaur
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 3
  3. 2
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 5
  7. 1
  8. 4
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. table
  12. 1
  13. refrigerator
  14. 2
  15. 4
  16. 4
  17. vocabulary
  18. 2
  19. 1
  20. 3
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 5
  24. 2
  25. 5
  26. 3
  27. 3
  28. 2
  29. 4
  30. caterpillar
  31. stretch
  32. 1
  33. curiosity
  34. jumped
  35. 3
  36. 1
  37. understanding
  38. 5
  39. 1
  40. 4

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