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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 486 · 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 “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) earth (b) pencil (c) wonderful
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) grandmother (c) bright
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) strength (b) river (c) newspaper
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) earth (c) important
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) biology (c) people
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) butterfly (c) international
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) kangaroo (b) photography (c) asked
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) tomato (b) jumped (c) university
  39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) telephone (c) garden
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. 3
  5. 5
  6. 3
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. pencil
  14. bright
  15. 2
  16. 3
  17. newspaper
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. 5
  21. 1
  22. earth
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. cloud
  26. 2
  27. photography
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. asked
  31. 3
  32. 2
  33. 4
  34. 1
  35. 1
  36. 1
  37. 1
  38. university
  39. girl
  40. 4

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