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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 714 · 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) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) stretch (c) opportunity
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) garden (c) curiosity
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) window (c) stretch
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) helicopter (c) pencil
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) bright (c) people
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) elephant (c) answer
  36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) information (c) imagination
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) banana (c) sister
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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