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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 602 · 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 “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) holiday (c) stretch
  7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) bright (b) yesterday (c) rabbit
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) imagination (c) little
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) watermelon (c) electricity
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) important (c) garden
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) child (b) avocado (c) refrigerator
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. 4
  4. 1
  5. 3
  6. stretch
  7. rabbit
  8. 3
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 1
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. little
  15. 4
  16. 2
  17. 4
  18. 4
  19. electricity
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 4
  24. 5
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. important
  28. 2
  29. 5
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. 2
  33. 3
  34. avocado
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. 4
  38. 2
  39. 5
  40. 3

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