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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 785 · 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 “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) bright (b) people (c) holiday
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) activity (b) happy (c) examination
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) help (c) television
  19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) happy (b) animal (c) school
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hospital (b) vocabulary (c) jumped
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) banana (c) earth
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) monkey (c) holiday
  29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) table (c) square
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5

Answer key

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

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