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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 539 · 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 “window”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) photography (b) garden (c) possibility
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) shirt (b) monkey (c) opportunity
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) umbrella (b) asked (c) electricity
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) friend (c) avocado
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) photography (b) potato (c) university
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) monkey (b) hippopotamus (c) jumped
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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