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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 386 · 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 “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) biology (b) imagination (c) butterfly
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) plant (b) invitation (c) newspaper
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) electricity (b) beautiful (c) bright
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) shirt (c) conversation
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) tomato (b) earth (c) avocado
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) understanding (b) possibility (c) square
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) tomato (b) garden (c) cloud
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) calculator (b) international (c) telephone
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) window (b) opportunity (c) activity

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. imagination
  3. 1
  4. newspaper
  5. 3
  6. beautiful
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. rabbit
  12. 2
  13. 2
  14. 4
  15. 2
  16. 3
  17. 4
  18. 5
  19. earth
  20. 1
  21. 4
  22. 4
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. 3
  26. 3
  27. possibility
  28. cloud
  29. 4
  30. 4
  31. 2
  32. 1
  33. telephone
  34. 3
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. opportunity

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