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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 576 · 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 “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) child (c) animal
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) doctor (c) international
  12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) biology (c) world
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) paper (b) hippopotamus (c) hospital
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) together (c) possibility
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) rabbit (b) holiday (c) child
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) bright (b) telephone (c) avocado
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) answer (c) imagination
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 2
  4. opportunity
  5. 1
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. international
  12. computer
  13. 3
  14. 5
  15. 5
  16. 1
  17. 2
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 3
  24. 4
  25. hospital
  26. film
  27. 1
  28. child
  29. 4
  30. 5
  31. 4
  32. 3
  33. avocado
  34. 5
  35. 1
  36. answer
  37. 1
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. 3

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