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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 528 · 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 2 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) plant (c) yellow
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) jumped (c) table
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) newspaper (c) rabbit
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) celebration (c) monkey
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) girl (b) hippopotamus (c) caterpillar
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) garden (c) television
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) together (b) friend (c) curiosity
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) imagination (c) grandmother
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. yellow
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. table
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. rabbit
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. 5
  12. 4
  13. 2
  14. 3
  15. 4
  16. 3
  17. world
  18. 4
  19. 3
  20. 2
  21. hippopotamus
  22. 1
  23. 4
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. 5
  28. 2
  29. 4
  30. 2
  31. 4
  32. 4
  33. garden
  34. 3
  35. friend
  36. 2
  37. school
  38. 2
  39. 2
  40. 3

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