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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 788 · 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 “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) invitation (c) jumped
  6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) elephant (c) pencil
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) teacher (c) potato
  9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) cloud (c) watermelon
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) curiosity (c) umbrella
  14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) computer (b) helicopter (c) refrigerator
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) animal (b) personality (c) rabbit
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) sister (c) tomato
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4

Answer key

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

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