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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 651 · 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 “film”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) beautiful (c) cloud
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) umbrella (c) international
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) kangaroo (c) biology
  27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) dinosaur (c) happy
  28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) girl (b) photography (c) computer
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) river (c) animal
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) help (c) newspaper
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. cloud
  3. 2
  4. 2
  5. 4
  6. 1
  7. 2
  8. 3
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 5
  12. 5
  13. 1
  14. umbrella
  15. 1
  16. 4
  17. 2
  18. 5
  19. 2
  20. 4
  21. 1
  22. 3
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. 4
  26. hippopotamus
  27. happy
  28. computer
  29. 2
  30. 1
  31. 2
  32. 5
  33. 1
  34. river
  35. 4
  36. 4
  37. 1
  38. 1
  39. help
  40. 3

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