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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 653 · 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 “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) plant (c) geography
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) earth (c) newspaper
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) square (b) dinosaur (c) information
  22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) shirt (c) wonderful
  23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) picture (c) activity
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) important (b) square (c) window
  27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) understanding (c) asked
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) wonderful (c) understanding
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) elephant (c) plant
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. plant
  5. 3
  6. 3
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. 2
  11. 5
  12. mango
  13. 4
  14. 2
  15. 4
  16. 2
  17. 3
  18. 3
  19. 1
  20. 3
  21. information
  22. wonderful
  23. holiday
  24. 2
  25. 1
  26. square
  27. asked
  28. 4
  29. 1
  30. 2
  31. 4
  32. 1
  33. 2
  34. picture
  35. 4
  36. 3
  37. elephant
  38. 5
  39. 3
  40. 4

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