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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 622 · 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) hippopotamus (b) hospital (c) world
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) girl (c) television
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) bright (c) refrigerator
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) pencil (c) alligator
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) teacher (b) jumped (c) wonderful
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4

Answer key

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

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