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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 366 · 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 “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) pencil (c) asked
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) important (b) square (c) international
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) friend (c) watermelon
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) hippopotamus (c) pencil
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) strength (b) electricity (c) beautiful
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) jumped (c) yellow
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) film (c) table
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) garden (c) stretch
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) shirt (b) little (c) computer
  38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) strength (c) vocabulary
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. asked
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 4
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. 1
  14. international
  15. 3
  16. 4
  17. 3
  18. watermelon
  19. 2
  20. computer
  21. 1
  22. 4
  23. 2
  24. 4
  25. strength
  26. jumped
  27. 1
  28. 5
  29. 3
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. table
  33. 2
  34. stretch
  35. 4
  36. 4
  37. little
  38. alligator
  39. 5
  40. 1

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