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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 677 · 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 “water”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) earth (c) teacher
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) bright (c) helicopter
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) possibility (c) butterfly
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) school (c) conversation
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) important (b) happy (c) vocabulary
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) cloud (c) international
  34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) invitation (c) people
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 2
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. 3
  8. 2
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. earth
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. 4
  15. 1
  16. 1
  17. 5
  18. 4
  19. 2
  20. rabbit
  21. 2
  22. 2
  23. 5
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. calculator
  27. 3
  28. 4
  29. holiday
  30. happy
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. international
  34. shirt
  35. 1
  36. 5
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. 1
  40. 3

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