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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 403 · 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 1 syllable? (a) world (b) photography (c) refrigerator
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) potato (c) school
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) monkey (b) tomato (c) understanding
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) biology (b) cloud (c) window
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) electricity (c) jumped
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) holiday (b) child (c) helicopter
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) information (c) help
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) dinosaur (c) bright
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) newspaper (b) stretch (c) refrigerator
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hospital (b) personality (c) school
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. world
  2. 5
  3. school
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. understanding
  7. 5
  8. window
  9. 1
  10. tomato
  11. 1
  12. 2
  13. 2
  14. 2
  15. 5
  16. 2
  17. 4
  18. helicopter
  19. 1
  20. information
  21. 4
  22. 2
  23. 4
  24. 1
  25. 3
  26. 1
  27. dinosaur
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. stretch
  34. 1
  35. personality
  36. 5
  37. 4
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. 3

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