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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 625 · 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 “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) friend (b) photography (c) dinosaur
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) calculator (c) kangaroo
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) answer (b) earth (c) refrigerator
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) biology (b) people (c) tomato
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) potato (c) shirt
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) biology (c) child
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) together (c) biology

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. dinosaur
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. 1
  12. 4
  13. 4
  14. 3
  15. 3
  16. 3
  17. 3
  18. 4
  19. calculator
  20. 5
  21. refrigerator
  22. 5
  23. 3
  24. 3
  25. 5
  26. 2
  27. biology
  28. 3
  29. 4
  30. 4
  31. geography
  32. 2
  33. 2
  34. 1
  35. 3
  36. 3
  37. rabbit
  38. 4
  39. 3
  40. together

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