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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 269 · 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.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) electricity (b) invitation (c) newspaper
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) asked (b) curiosity (c) answer
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) bright (b) window (c) banana
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) sister (b) hospital (c) opportunity
  27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) curiosity (c) bright
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) opportunity (c) earth
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) yellow (c) help

Answer key

  1. newspaper
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 3
  5. 5
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 3
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. 5
  12. 1
  13. 3
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. 4
  17. 1
  18. 1
  19. answer
  20. 1
  21. window
  22. 2
  23. 3
  24. 3
  25. 1
  26. hospital
  27. caterpillar
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. 1
  31. 5
  32. 3
  33. 2
  34. 4
  35. 5
  36. 3
  37. elephant
  38. 5
  39. 3
  40. hippopotamus

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