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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 750 · 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 “water”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) tomato (c) teacher
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) sister (c) square
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) mango (c) friend
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) hippopotamus (c) cricket
  23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) photography (b) umbrella (c) girl
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) refrigerator (c) cricket
  30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) sister (b) jumped (c) activity
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) important (c) invitation

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 5
  4. 5
  5. tomato
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 5
  9. 5
  10. 1
  11. 4
  12. 2
  13. sister
  14. 1
  15. 2
  16. 1
  17. friend
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. 3
  22. hippopotamus
  23. umbrella
  24. 3
  25. 4
  26. 4
  27. 3
  28. 2
  29. helicopter
  30. jumped
  31. 3
  32. 3
  33. 5
  34. 2
  35. 4
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. 3
  39. 2
  40. cloud

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