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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 649 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) bright (c) electricity
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) invitation (c) beautiful
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) newspaper (c) girl
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) yesterday (c) personality
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) friend (c) rabbit
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) together (b) child (c) helicopter
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) international (c) asked

Answer key

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

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