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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 415 · 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 “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) television (b) monkey (c) vocabulary
  5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) answer (c) electricity
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) celebration (c) potato
  13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) geography (c) elephant
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) pencil (b) imagination (c) kangaroo
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) caterpillar (c) square
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) elephant (b) international (c) cricket
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) opportunity (c) banana
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) garden (c) shirt
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 1
  3. 4
  4. vocabulary
  5. watermelon
  6. 4
  7. 1
  8. 1
  9. 5
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. potato
  13. asked
  14. 4
  15. 3
  16. imagination
  17. 2
  18. window
  19. 1
  20. 2
  21. 4
  22. 2
  23. cricket
  24. 2
  25. 2
  26. 2
  27. 1
  28. 1
  29. 3
  30. 4
  31. 4
  32. garden
  33. 5
  34. 4
  35. opportunity
  36. 1
  37. 1
  38. 2
  39. 1
  40. 2

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