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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 689 · 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) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) possibility (c) activity
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) help (c) garden
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) monkey (c) plant
  23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) information (b) animal (c) strength
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) table (b) earth (c) computer
  32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) world (b) elephant (c) personality
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) imagination (c) telephone
  36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) umbrella (c) teacher
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 5
  6. 1
  7. 2
  8. 3
  9. 2
  10. child
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. yesterday
  14. 3
  15. 3
  16. 1
  17. 4
  18. 2
  19. 1
  20. 3
  21. 3
  22. monkey
  23. strength
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. 4
  30. 2
  31. table
  32. personality
  33. 3
  34. 3
  35. jumped
  36. photography
  37. 4
  38. 5
  39. 2
  40. 2

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