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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 670 · 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 “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) holiday (c) vocabulary
  4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) earth (b) wonderful (c) hippopotamus
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) answer (b) school (c) invitation
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) water (b) imagination (c) celebration
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) television (b) international (c) table
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) monkey (c) square
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) picture (b) information (c) asked
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) dinosaur (c) celebration
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) earth (b) information (c) elephant
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) banana (b) electricity (c) world
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) table (c) cloud
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. help
  4. earth
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. 3
  10. 3
  11. invitation
  12. 2
  13. 3
  14. 4
  15. water
  16. 2
  17. 4
  18. 1
  19. 3
  20. 5
  21. international
  22. alligator
  23. 4
  24. 1
  25. asked
  26. world
  27. 2
  28. 3
  29. 4
  30. 5
  31. 2
  32. information
  33. 1
  34. 5
  35. 3
  36. electricity
  37. 3
  38. table
  39. 3
  40. 5

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