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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 715 · 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 “world”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) garden (c) hippopotamus
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cloud (b) water (c) imagination
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) window (c) information
  12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) window (b) banana (c) girl
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) television (b) answer (c) stretch
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) happy (c) girl
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) celebration (c) possibility
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yesterday (b) child (c) invitation
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) animal (c) world
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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