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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 51 · 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 “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) together (b) geography (c) stretch
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yellow (b) opportunity (c) school
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) film (c) electricity
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) caterpillar (c) hippopotamus
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) child (b) celebration (c) vocabulary
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) personality (c) television
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) picture (c) shirt
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. geography
  5. 5
  6. yellow
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. film
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. 5
  14. 3
  15. caterpillar
  16. 2
  17. 4
  18. 5
  19. 3
  20. 2
  21. 4
  22. 4
  23. 4
  24. 1
  25. vocabulary
  26. 4
  27. 2
  28. girl
  29. 3
  30. 2
  31. 1
  32. 4
  33. 3
  34. 2
  35. 5
  36. picture
  37. 4
  38. 1
  39. 4
  40. 3

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