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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 518 · 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.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) child (b) refrigerator (c) activity
  2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) little (b) beautiful (c) electricity
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) understanding (c) vocabulary
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) mango (c) world
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) shirt (c) caterpillar
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) asked (c) grandmother
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) elephant (b) personality (c) yellow
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) hippopotamus (c) girl
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

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

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