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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 768 · 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 “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) doctor (c) plant
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) information (c) jumped
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) calculator (c) vocabulary
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) picture (c) butterfly
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) earth (c) hippopotamus
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) computer (b) monkey (c) photography
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) bright (b) window (c) together
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) kangaroo (c) plant
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 2
  3. personality
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. 5
  11. 1
  12. 1
  13. 3
  14. jumped
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. 4
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. 2
  21. vocabulary
  22. 2
  23. 1
  24. 4
  25. 4
  26. picture
  27. 3
  28. earth
  29. 2
  30. 5
  31. 4
  32. monkey
  33. window
  34. 3
  35. 3
  36. 1
  37. 4
  38. 3
  39. plant
  40. 3

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