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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 240 · 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 “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) opportunity (c) people
  10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) happy (b) curiosity (c) conversation
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) activity (c) computer
  16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) doctor (c) world
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) international (c) celebration
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) water (b) university (c) important
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) little (b) biology (c) child
  29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) potato (b) jumped (c) people
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) together (b) yellow (c) electricity
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) child (c) pencil
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) bright (c) possibility
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 3
  5. 3
  6. 3
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. opportunity
  10. curiosity
  11. 1
  12. 5
  13. 4
  14. 3
  15. shirt
  16. doctor
  17. 3
  18. 4
  19. international
  20. 5
  21. 3
  22. 2
  23. 4
  24. 3
  25. important
  26. 1
  27. 2
  28. biology
  29. people
  30. 3
  31. electricity
  32. 3
  33. 1
  34. pencil
  35. 3
  36. 2
  37. possibility
  38. 3
  39. 4
  40. 1

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