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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 444 · 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 “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) square (b) calculator (c) hippopotamus
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) electricity (b) child (c) television
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) geography (c) jumped
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) window (c) calculator
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) bright (b) watermelon (c) doctor
  32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) butterfly (c) imagination
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) alligator (c) earth
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) happy (c) vocabulary
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 4
  7. 4
  8. 1
  9. 1
  10. calculator
  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. 4
  15. television
  16. 1
  17. 2
  18. 1
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. 3
  22. dinosaur
  23. 1
  24. window
  25. 3
  26. 5
  27. 5
  28. 1
  29. 5
  30. 3
  31. doctor
  32. child
  33. cricket
  34. 1
  35. 2
  36. happy
  37. 1
  38. 3
  39. 3
  40. 1

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