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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 555 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) pencil (b) potato (c) opportunity
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) strength (b) answer (c) examination
  8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) pencil (b) earth (c) curiosity
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) hippopotamus (c) monkey
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) information (c) people
  13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) jumped (b) newspaper (c) international
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) umbrella (b) cloud (c) opportunity
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cloud (b) hippopotamus (c) butterfly
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) hippopotamus (c) help
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) telephone (b) geography (c) little
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) pencil (b) hospital (c) girl
  36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) calculator (c) earth
  37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) international (c) friend
  38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) strength (c) curiosity
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. opportunity
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 4
  7. strength
  8. pencil
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. monkey
  12. people
  13. newspaper
  14. 2
  15. cloud
  16. 4
  17. 4
  18. 1
  19. 1
  20. hippopotamus
  21. 4
  22. tomato
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. 3
  31. 4
  32. 2
  33. 5
  34. geography
  35. hospital
  36. earth
  37. friend
  38. curiosity
  39. 5
  40. 1

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