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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 458 · 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 “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) invitation (b) monkey (c) telephone
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) teacher (c) newspaper
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) electricity (c) photography
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) calculator (c) curiosity
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) shirt (c) information
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) personality (c) kangaroo
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) television (b) examination (c) yellow
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) teacher (c) hospital
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) watermelon (b) people (c) child
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 1
  5. monkey
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. teacher
  9. 5
  10. stretch
  11. 1
  12. 2
  13. 3
  14. 5
  15. 4
  16. 3
  17. calculator
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. 4
  22. information
  23. 5
  24. girl
  25. 3
  26. 4
  27. 1
  28. 4
  29. 2
  30. yellow
  31. 3
  32. 1
  33. 4
  34. 2
  35. hospital
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. child
  39. 3
  40. 3

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