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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 513 · 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 “together”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) strength (c) table
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) imagination (c) important
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) teacher (c) earth
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) curiosity (c) tomato
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) butterfly (c) yellow
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) asked (b) biology (c) vocabulary
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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