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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 328 · 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 “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) activity (c) world
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) pencil (b) hospital (c) imagination
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) shirt (c) together
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) international (b) information (c) square
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) asked (c) banana
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) water (b) jumped (c) electricity
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) conversation (c) water
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) friend (c) dinosaur
  35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) answer (b) opportunity (c) umbrella
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. computer
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 3
  6. 5
  7. 2
  8. 4
  9. 3
  10. 1
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. 1
  14. 4
  15. hospital
  16. 5
  17. 5
  18. shirt
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. 3
  22. 2
  23. 1
  24. information
  25. 5
  26. asked
  27. 4
  28. electricity
  29. 2
  30. water
  31. 2
  32. 3
  33. 4
  34. friend
  35. opportunity
  36. 2
  37. 5
  38. 2
  39. 3
  40. 2

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