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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 699 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) alligator (b) wonderful (c) pencil
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) cloud (c) picture
  10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) telephone (c) teacher
  11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) animal (b) celebration (c) child
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) important (b) hippopotamus (c) jumped
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) teacher (c) shirt
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) imagination (c) school
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) hospital (c) rabbit
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) newspaper (b) cloud (c) teacher
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. pencil
  4. 2
  5. 5
  6. 4
  7. 1
  8. 1
  9. picture
  10. telephone
  11. celebration
  12. 4
  13. 4
  14. 3
  15. 3
  16. important
  17. teacher
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. 2
  21. 3
  22. 5
  23. 2
  24. 2
  25. 4
  26. school
  27. 1
  28. 1
  29. rabbit
  30. 2
  31. 3
  32. 4
  33. 3
  34. cloud
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 3
  39. 2
  40. 3

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