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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 645 · 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 “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) television (b) rabbit (c) opportunity
  3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) monkey (b) personality (c) square
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) tomato (b) girl (c) electricity
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) invitation (c) doctor
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) animal (b) cloud (c) electricity
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) people (b) jumped (c) banana
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) biology (c) yellow
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) newspaper (c) geography
  34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) school (b) conversation (c) international
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) happy (b) refrigerator (c) television
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) earth (b) wonderful (c) people

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. opportunity
  3. square
  4. 3
  5. girl
  6. 5
  7. 2
  8. 5
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. 3
  12. 1
  13. 5
  14. 4
  15. 3
  16. stretch
  17. 4
  18. cloud
  19. 1
  20. 3
  21. 3
  22. 3
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. 3
  26. 2
  27. jumped
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. 4
  31. plant
  32. 2
  33. geography
  34. conversation
  35. 5
  36. 3
  37. 5
  38. refrigerator
  39. 4
  40. earth

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