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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 37 · 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 “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) helicopter (b) together (c) earth
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) strength (b) wonderful (c) window
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) shirt (c) geography
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) potato (c) bright
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) asked (c) water
  36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) happy (c) girl
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) information (c) international
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) watermelon (c) monkey

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. earth
  4. 1
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 4
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 4
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. 5
  16. 1
  17. 3
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. 4
  22. window
  23. 5
  24. 3
  25. 3
  26. 4
  27. 3
  28. 1
  29. shirt
  30. 3
  31. bright
  32. 3
  33. 2
  34. 4
  35. asked
  36. personality
  37. 4
  38. 2
  39. happy
  40. monkey

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