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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 787 · 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.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) university (c) wonderful
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) activity (b) jumped (c) banana
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) hippopotamus (c) butterfly
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) happy (b) dinosaur (c) caterpillar
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) cricket (c) asked
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hospital (b) information (c) curiosity
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) pencil (c) school
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) window (c) television
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) teacher (b) alligator (c) yesterday
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. university
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. 1
  8. banana
  9. 5
  10. 3
  11. 3
  12. hippopotamus
  13. 5
  14. 3
  15. 1
  16. dinosaur
  17. 2
  18. asked
  19. 5
  20. 1
  21. curiosity
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. 5
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. school
  30. 1
  31. hospital
  32. 2
  33. alligator
  34. 1
  35. 4
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. 4

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