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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 393 · 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 “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) imagination (c) earth
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) strength (b) sister (c) personality
  7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) doctor (c) strength
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) stretch (c) refrigerator
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) happy (c) important
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) geography (c) yellow
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) celebration (b) plant (c) pencil
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) tomato (b) earth (c) information
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) hippopotamus (c) tomato
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) happy (b) curiosity (c) kangaroo
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 2
  4. invitation
  5. 4
  6. personality
  7. doctor
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. 2
  12. 4
  13. 1
  14. 3
  15. refrigerator
  16. 3
  17. important
  18. 3
  19. vocabulary
  20. 2
  21. 1
  22. 4
  23. 2
  24. pencil
  25. earth
  26. 3
  27. 4
  28. 4
  29. tomato
  30. 2
  31. 3
  32. 3
  33. 1
  34. 2
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. 1
  38. 1
  39. kangaroo
  40. 1

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