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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 249 · 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 “window”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) potato (c) bright
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) sister (c) butterfly
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) university (c) little
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) strength (c) examination
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) pencil (b) strength (c) curiosity
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) caterpillar (c) doctor
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. bright
  5. 1
  6. 4
  7. 3
  8. 5
  9. 4
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. 1
  13. 4
  14. 3
  15. 2
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. 4
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. 4
  22. 2
  23. butterfly
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. little
  27. 5
  28. 2
  29. examination
  30. 1
  31. strength
  32. 3
  33. 1
  34. 1
  35. 2
  36. 4
  37. doctor
  38. 1
  39. 1
  40. 5

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