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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 283 · 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 “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) earth (b) curiosity (c) helicopter
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) biology (b) jumped (c) garden
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) beautiful (c) cloud
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) avocado (b) little (c) asked
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) personality (c) information
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) strength (c) pencil
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) friend (b) possibility (c) little
  29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) square (b) doctor (c) important
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) paper (b) avocado (c) dinosaur
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) geography (c) yellow
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) avocado (c) child
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. helicopter
  5. 2
  6. jumped
  7. 2
  8. 3
  9. 4
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. 4
  14. cloud
  15. 5
  16. 4
  17. 4
  18. asked
  19. 3
  20. information
  21. 1
  22. possibility
  23. 4
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. little
  29. doctor
  30. 5
  31. 2
  32. dinosaur
  33. 4
  34. 2
  35. yellow
  36. 2
  37. avocado
  38. 3
  39. 3
  40. 1

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