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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 704 · 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.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) bright (c) holiday
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) important (c) shirt
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) hippopotamus (c) answer
  24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) window (c) electricity
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) information (c) sister
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) happy (b) newspaper (c) film
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) vocabulary (c) teacher
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) film (c) people
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. cricket
  2. 2
  3. 4
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 5
  8. 3
  9. 1
  10. 4
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. 2
  14. shirt
  15. 2
  16. 1
  17. 4
  18. 4
  19. 3
  20. 1
  21. 5
  22. 2
  23. hippopotamus
  24. window
  25. 5
  26. sister
  27. 5
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. 3
  31. newspaper
  32. 2
  33. information
  34. 4
  35. 3
  36. 5
  37. 2
  38. people
  39. 5
  40. 4

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