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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 448 · 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 “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) rabbit (c) geography
  13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) help (c) table
  14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) monkey (c) avocado
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) dinosaur (c) shirt
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) invitation (b) earth (c) pencil
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) beautiful (c) photography
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) important (c) helicopter
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) banana (b) activity (c) curiosity
  30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) teacher (b) child (c) wonderful
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) picture (c) grandmother
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 4
  4. 2
  5. 1
  6. 3
  7. 5
  8. 2
  9. 5
  10. 3
  11. 3
  12. hospital
  13. table
  14. monkey
  15. 3
  16. shirt
  17. 2
  18. pencil
  19. 2
  20. 5
  21. 2
  22. 3
  23. photography
  24. 5
  25. 2
  26. child
  27. 1
  28. 5
  29. curiosity
  30. wonderful
  31. 2
  32. 3
  33. 4
  34. plant
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 4
  39. 5
  40. 2

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