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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 508 · 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 “celebration”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) bright (c) watermelon
  6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) little (b) telephone (c) biology
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) holiday (c) river
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) holiday (c) earth
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) electricity (b) celebration (c) computer
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) shirt (b) information (c) sister
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) watermelon (c) garden
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) table (c) hippopotamus
  39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) imagination (b) child (c) dinosaur
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 5
  5. watermelon
  6. little
  7. 4
  8. 1
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. 4
  14. 3
  15. 4
  16. 2
  17. river
  18. earth
  19. 3
  20. 5
  21. 4
  22. 4
  23. 3
  24. celebration
  25. 3
  26. 2
  27. 3
  28. 1
  29. 4
  30. sister
  31. 5
  32. 4
  33. 1
  34. 4
  35. garden
  36. 5
  37. 2
  38. table
  39. dinosaur
  40. 2

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