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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 6 · 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 “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) friend (c) table
  10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) girl (b) biology (c) answer
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) together (c) information
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) tomato (c) electricity
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) elephant (b) friend (c) international
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) rabbit (c) holiday
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) stretch (c) photography
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2

Answer key

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

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