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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 733 · 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 “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) child (c) monkey
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) umbrella (b) answer (c) shirt
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) people (b) banana (c) stretch
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) avocado (b) film (c) pencil
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) potato (b) rabbit (c) caterpillar
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) little (b) help (c) opportunity
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) watermelon (c) shirt
  38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) hospital (c) jumped
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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