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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 262 · 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 “little”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) answer (c) telephone
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) square (c) possibility
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) river (b) understanding (c) newspaper
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) picture (b) cloud (c) examination
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) happy (c) telephone
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) important (c) refrigerator
  30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) school (b) yesterday (c) pencil
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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