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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 39 · 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.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) newspaper (c) calculator
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) potato (c) information
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) water (b) grandmother (c) girl
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) helicopter (c) little
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) shirt (c) umbrella
  35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) holiday (c) cricket
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) information (c) opportunity
  39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) earth (b) teacher (c) vocabulary
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) biology (c) picture

Answer key

  1. calculator
  2. 2
  3. 4
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 4
  7. 4
  8. 3
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. 4
  12. 3
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. 4
  18. information
  19. 2
  20. 2
  21. 3
  22. 2
  23. 3
  24. 3
  25. water
  26. 5
  27. little
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. 3
  32. 4
  33. 4
  34. shirt
  35. caterpillar
  36. 4
  37. 3
  38. rabbit
  39. earth
  40. picture

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