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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 457 · 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 “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) newspaper (b) curiosity (c) film
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) curiosity (c) animal
  10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) invitation (c) plant
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) invitation (c) hippopotamus
  14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) imagination (c) yellow
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) jumped (b) butterfly (c) opportunity
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) pencil (c) cloud
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 2
  3. 2
  4. film
  5. 3
  6. 1
  7. 5
  8. 2
  9. world
  10. invitation
  11. 2
  12. 5
  13. hippopotamus
  14. yellow
  15. 5
  16. butterfly
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 3
  24. 5
  25. 2
  26. 2
  27. 3
  28. 4
  29. 2
  30. 3
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. 3
  34. 4
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. banana
  39. 1
  40. 3

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