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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 762 · 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 “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) hippopotamus (c) cloud
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) doctor (b) film (c) information
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) avocado (c) help
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) invitation (c) cricket
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) doctor (c) electricity
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) helicopter (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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