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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 49 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) monkey (b) helicopter (c) university
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) television (c) tomato
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) grandmother (c) geography
  22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) teacher (c) refrigerator
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) sister (c) personality
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 2
  4. 2
  5. 5
  6. 5
  7. 4
  8. 3
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. helicopter
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. 2
  15. 5
  16. 1
  17. 1
  18. school
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. grandmother
  22. plant
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. calculator
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. 3
  31. 1
  32. 5
  33. 5
  34. 3
  35. 4
  36. 5
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. 2
  40. 3

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