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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 523 · 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 “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) calculator (c) little
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) bright (c) happy
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) refrigerator (c) pencil
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) asked (c) watermelon
  21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) pencil (c) examination
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) personality (c) television
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) information (c) electricity
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) holiday (b) film (c) people
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 4
  5. 3
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. imagination
  9. 4
  10. 1
  11. 3
  12. happy
  13. 2
  14. pencil
  15. 2
  16. 3
  17. 3
  18. 4
  19. 1
  20. cricket
  21. geography
  22. 2
  23. 4
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. doctor
  29. 1
  30. 2
  31. 5
  32. 5
  33. 2
  34. garden
  35. 2
  36. people
  37. 4
  38. 1
  39. 1
  40. 4

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