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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 606 · 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.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) happy (c) world
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) child (c) water
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cloud (b) opportunity (c) alligator
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) world (b) photography (c) yellow
  15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) strength (b) dinosaur (c) happy
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) celebration (c) bright
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) pencil (b) photography (c) elephant
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) imagination (c) plant
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. world
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. water
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. 5
  8. 5
  9. 2
  10. 4
  11. 4
  12. opportunity
  13. 3
  14. yellow
  15. happy
  16. 1
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. bright
  20. 5
  21. 5
  22. 1
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. 1
  26. pencil
  27. 5
  28. 5
  29. 4
  30. 1
  31. 4
  32. 3
  33. 4
  34. 4
  35. 2
  36. 1
  37. television
  38. 5
  39. 1
  40. 1

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