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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 655 · 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 “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) potato (b) celebration (c) mango
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) yellow (c) vocabulary
  5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) important (b) refrigerator (c) watermelon
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) jumped (c) hippopotamus
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) yesterday (c) film
  13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) square (c) holiday
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) biology (b) yesterday (c) little
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) electricity (c) plant
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) bright (c) avocado
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) water (b) holiday (c) alligator
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) film (b) examination (c) photography
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) conversation (b) cricket (c) telephone
  36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) help (b) potato (c) hippopotamus
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. mango
  3. 1
  4. yellow
  5. refrigerator
  6. 1
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. 1
  10. cricket
  11. 1
  12. people
  13. holiday
  14. 1
  15. 5
  16. 4
  17. little
  18. 5
  19. television
  20. 5
  21. 1
  22. curiosity
  23. 2
  24. 1
  25. 3
  26. 4
  27. 3
  28. 3
  29. 3
  30. water
  31. 3
  32. 5
  33. 4
  34. photography
  35. telephone
  36. potato
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. 2
  40. 2

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