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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 639 · 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 “girl”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) happy (b) personality (c) umbrella
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) film (c) garden
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) mango (c) plant
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) paper (c) asked
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) biology (c) square
  34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) girl (c) electricity
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) girl (c) window

Answer key

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

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