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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 735 · 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 “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) telephone (b) strength (c) international
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) alligator (c) rabbit
  14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) holiday (c) earth
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) potato (b) watermelon (c) asked
  25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) kangaroo (c) pencil
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) earth (c) potato
  28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) girl (c) kangaroo
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) electricity (c) yesterday
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) film (b) information (c) doctor
  36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) monkey (b) hippopotamus (c) grandmother
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) river (b) film (c) potato
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. international
  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. alligator
  14. window
  15. 3
  16. 3
  17. 5
  18. 1
  19. 5
  20. 1
  21. 2
  22. 5
  23. 3
  24. asked
  25. geography
  26. 5
  27. earth
  28. kangaroo
  29. 3
  30. 1
  31. electricity
  32. 4
  33. 2
  34. 2
  35. information
  36. grandmother
  37. 3
  38. potato
  39. 1
  40. 4

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