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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 771 · 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 “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) biology (c) elephant
  3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) banana (b) help (c) cricket
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) stretch (c) telephone
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) grandmother (c) film
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) newspaper (c) mango
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) elephant (b) stretch (c) rabbit
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

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

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