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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 747 · 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 “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) earth (b) newspaper (c) hippopotamus
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) jumped (c) dinosaur
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) invitation (b) refrigerator (c) potato
  14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) understanding (b) dinosaur (c) personality
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) shirt (c) watermelon
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

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

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