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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 509 · 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 “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) yellow (c) stretch
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) understanding (b) film (c) refrigerator
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) monkey (b) invitation (c) telephone
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) help (c) hippopotamus

Answer key

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

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