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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 717 · 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) stretch (b) opportunity (c) happy
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hospital (b) activity (c) asked
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) newspaper (c) earth
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) rabbit (c) help
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) understanding (b) girl (c) grandmother
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) plant (b) examination (c) geography
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) film (c) answer
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. happy
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 1
  6. activity
  7. 3
  8. imagination
  9. 1
  10. help
  11. 4
  12. 2
  13. 3
  14. 1
  15. grandmother
  16. 1
  17. 3
  18. 2
  19. 2
  20. 5
  21. 5
  22. geography
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. 4
  26. 3
  27. 2
  28. 5
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. 5
  32. 3
  33. answer
  34. 5
  35. 3
  36. 2
  37. 4
  38. 3
  39. 3
  40. 2

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