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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 368 · 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 “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) teacher (c) helicopter
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) understanding (b) help (c) beautiful
  8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) monkey (c) international
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) grandmother (c) answer
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) help (c) umbrella
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) garden (c) geography
  27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) invitation (b) happy (c) child
  28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) international (c) friend
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) conversation (c) stretch
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) paper (c) animal
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) mango (b) potato (c) activity
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. helicopter
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. understanding
  8. international
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. 1
  12. 5
  13. 2
  14. 2
  15. 4
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. answer
  21. 4
  22. caterpillar
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. 4
  26. opportunity
  27. child
  28. garden
  29. 4
  30. 5
  31. 3
  32. 4
  33. 1
  34. 4
  35. 1
  36. conversation
  37. paper
  38. 5
  39. potato
  40. 1

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