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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 292 · 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 “table”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) school (c) watermelon
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) plant (c) biology
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) paper (c) butterfly
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) happy (c) opportunity
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) garden (c) university
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) jumped (b) butterfly (c) doctor
  30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) child (b) wonderful (c) vocabulary
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) refrigerator (c) paper
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) monkey (c) jumped
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. watermelon
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 5
  8. 2
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 1
  12. plant
  13. 4
  14. help
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. 4
  18. 2
  19. 4
  20. child
  21. 3
  22. 2
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. university
  27. 2
  28. 1
  29. butterfly
  30. wonderful
  31. 3
  32. 3
  33. 3
  34. 2
  35. paper
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. monkey
  39. 2
  40. 3

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