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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 732 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) asked (c) tomato
  8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) pencil (b) jumped (c) yesterday
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yesterday (b) little (c) child
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) possibility (c) important
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) banana (b) help (c) sister
  22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yellow (b) electricity (c) celebration
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) world (c) wonderful
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) earth (b) doctor (c) helicopter
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. 5
  5. 2
  6. 1
  7. teacher
  8. jumped
  9. 1
  10. 4
  11. 3
  12. 4
  13. 5
  14. 3
  15. 4
  16. 5
  17. child
  18. 2
  19. paper
  20. 2
  21. help
  22. yellow
  23. 5
  24. 4
  25. 2
  26. refrigerator
  27. 5
  28. helicopter
  29. 3
  30. 5
  31. 2
  32. 3
  33. 2
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. 2
  37. 3
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. 2

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