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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 264 · 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 “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) avocado (c) vocabulary
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) mango (c) dinosaur
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) bright (b) people (c) kangaroo
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) child (c) hippopotamus
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) pencil (c) asked
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) newspaper (b) celebration (c) square
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) vocabulary (c) paper
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) butterfly (c) picture
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. river
  6. 2
  7. 4
  8. 1
  9. 1
  10. mango
  11. 1
  12. bright
  13. 3
  14. hippopotamus
  15. 4
  16. 4
  17. 3
  18. 3
  19. 5
  20. 3
  21. opportunity
  22. 3
  23. 1
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. 3
  27. 4
  28. 2
  29. square
  30. 3
  31. watermelon
  32. 1
  33. world
  34. 1
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. 3
  38. 1
  39. 2
  40. 2

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