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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 354 · 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 “world”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) celebration (b) imagination (c) window
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) teacher (c) hippopotamus
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) girl (c) international
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) little (c) calculator
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) answer (c) world
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) calculator (c) kangaroo
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) bright (c) mango
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) answer (b) kangaroo (c) plant

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. window
  7. 4
  8. 2
  9. hippopotamus
  10. 5
  11. 1
  12. 2
  13. 1
  14. 4
  15. 4
  16. 4
  17. girl
  18. 3
  19. 5
  20. 4
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. 3
  26. 2
  27. 4
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. little
  31. umbrella
  32. 4
  33. 5
  34. electricity
  35. 5
  36. potato
  37. 2
  38. 4
  39. 2
  40. kangaroo

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