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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 41 · 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 “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) happy (c) earth
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) rabbit (c) earth
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) world (c) avocado
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) sister (c) strength
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) pencil (c) asked

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 3
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 3
  8. 4
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 5
  12. 2
  13. happy
  14. 5
  15. 2
  16. 5
  17. 4
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. 4
  22. rabbit
  23. 2
  24. 2
  25. 3
  26. 3
  27. 3
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. 1
  31. avocado
  32. 1
  33. 2
  34. 5
  35. 3
  36. strength
  37. 3
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. pencil

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