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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 757 · 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 “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) little (b) computer (c) cloud
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) watermelon (b) imagination (c) world
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) garden (c) opportunity
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) tomato (b) film (c) window
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) teacher (c) film
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) cricket (c) conversation
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

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

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