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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 456 · 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 “world”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) caterpillar (c) hippopotamus
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) beautiful (c) school
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) square (b) potato (c) biology
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) university (c) doctor
  21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) alligator (c) garden
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) information (b) tomato (c) examination
  24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) newspaper (c) caterpillar
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) butterfly (c) happy

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. 5
  5. 2
  6. 5
  7. 1
  8. 5
  9. 5
  10. 2
  11. hippopotamus
  12. 4
  13. 1
  14. school
  15. 1
  16. potato
  17. 2
  18. 4
  19. 1
  20. doctor
  21. garden
  22. 1
  23. examination
  24. newspaper
  25. 2
  26. 2
  27. 3
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. 3
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. 3
  34. 1
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 2
  39. 4
  40. happy

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