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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 472 · 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 “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) film (c) international
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) personality (c) hospital
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) important (b) possibility (c) happy
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) helicopter (c) cloud
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) yellow (c) television
  23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) monkey (b) opportunity (c) telephone
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) refrigerator (c) monkey
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) world (b) helicopter (c) happy
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. 3
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. elephant
  13. 3
  14. watermelon
  15. 2
  16. 1
  17. 3
  18. 1
  19. happy
  20. cloud
  21. 5
  22. television
  23. opportunity
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. monkey
  27. 2
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. 2
  31. 1
  32. 3
  33. 1
  34. helicopter
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. 2
  38. 1
  39. 2
  40. 3

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