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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 749 · 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 “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) school (b) vocabulary (c) invitation
  11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) international (c) alligator
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) vocabulary (c) geography
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) mango (b) animal (c) vocabulary
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) avocado (b) pencil (c) school
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) caterpillar (c) asked
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

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

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