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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 333 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) girl (c) hippopotamus
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) elephant (c) school
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  24. 24.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) biology (c) picture
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cloud (b) hippopotamus (c) dinosaur
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) world (c) television
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yesterday (b) answer (c) earth
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

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

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