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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 498 · 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 “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) help (c) river
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) avocado (b) teacher (c) telephone
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) monkey (c) elephant
  13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) butterfly (b) calculator (c) cloud
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) water (c) beautiful
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) umbrella (b) geography (c) asked
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) together (b) jumped (c) garden
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) friend (b) elephant (c) answer
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) holiday (c) vocabulary
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) girl (c) opportunity
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

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

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