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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 572 · 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) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) watermelon (c) international
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) shirt
  12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) rabbit (c) celebration
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) pencil (b) bright (c) umbrella
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yellow (b) examination (c) television
  29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) wonderful (c) cloud
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) television (b) personality (c) people
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. watermelon
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. pencil
  12. grandmother
  13. 3
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. 1
  17. 3
  18. 4
  19. 2
  20. umbrella
  21. 2
  22. 1
  23. 5
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. 4
  27. 5
  28. television
  29. electricity
  30. 5
  31. 3
  32. people
  33. 1
  34. 4
  35. 3
  36. 4
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. 3
  40. 3

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